Climate's tree solution is catching fire

[Judi Lynn]

Climate’s tree solution is catching fire
This summer saw forests around the world burn, and climate change means those infernos are likely to be repeated.

By KALINA OROSCHAKOFF 12/13/18, 11:02 AM CET Updated 12/14/18, 5:36 AM CET

KATOWICE, Poland — Here's what seems like an easy way to combat global warming: plant lots of trees to soak up carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

It's an idea favored by many forested countries including Poland, the host of this year's global COP24 climate conference.

The problem? Climate change is making wildfires more frequent and more ferocious — sending lots of those carbon-absorbing trees up in smoke.

“Human-induced climate change is fueling fires, fires speed up climate change — it’s time to break the cycle,” said Anton Beneslavskiy with Greenpeace Russia.

More:
https://www.politico.eu/article/climate-change-tree-solution-is-catching-fire/

[mr_lebowski]

1. So, plant a TON in either very wet (tropics) or very cold areas ...

Planting them in California is unlikely to help, but places like, I dunno ... the AMAZON F***ING RAIN FOREST ... would stand a great chance of helping.

Oh, wait there's already tons of biomass there ... good thing there's a friggin' Trump-like FASCIST in charge of Brazil, who can't see it chopped all down for $$$ ... fast enough ... NOT.

[NickB79]

4. There's no guarantee those areas will stay wet or cold for the next century

Rainforests are currently burning in Australia, and wildfires are burning in Greenland and Siberia.

The whole world is changing faster than we can acticipate and react.

[Ciaphas Cain]

2. Hemp

Hemp grows quickly enough that you could harvest it in a few months, mitigating the risk of it just catching on fire and ruining the carbon trap.

https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2014/sep/25/hemp-wood-fibre-construction-climate-change

[NickB79]

5. You need to sequester that hemp to lock up the carbon

Unless you basically bury it deep underground, it will decay and release the carbon again. Old growth is good at locking away carbon because the wood can last a thousand years.

[OnlinePoker]

6. But you can use hemp for products that come from trees so they don't have to be cut down. n/t

[pansypoo53219]

3. less concrete, more grasslands too.