Forests With More Diverse Trees Capture More Carbon, Study Finds - EcoWatch (www.ecowatch.com)

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[-] Catoblepas 2 points 17 hours ago

Disclaimer: yes, it is good to have evidence for this.

That said, it’s very ‘scientists discover the world existed that way for a reason before we started fucking it up.’

I wonder if it’s possible to quantify how much of the reforestation in the US over the past 75ish years is monoculture tree planting rather than a diverse selection? I know I definitely grew up near a fair amount of “forests” (rows and rows of pine) that were deserts biologically.

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