Planting trees to reverse climate change (PBS)

Maiya May, PBS Terra, Oct. 18, 2021; Crystal Quintero, Ashley Wells (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

The Surprising Truth Behind Planting Trees and Climate Change

(PBS Terra) Check out Out of Our Elements: For decades we’ve been planting trees in hopes of reducing natural carbon as if it were "pollution." But when it comes to carbon sequestration, which makes the world greener, have we actually been getting it all backward?

During the UN Climate Conference (COP26), the topic of carbon capture and storage was hotly debated. In this episode, PBS Terra travels to the Pacific Northwest forests of Oregon to see what we can learn about forest carbon sinks from Prof. Beverly Law and her groundbreaking research with Oregon State University’s Department of Forestry.

What about planting trees and forest carbon storage? Let's see in the comments. It's good and necessary but takes ten to 20 years before the ground started sequestering carbon. Until then the barren ground is putting out carbon from plant decay in the ground, which would happen even if new trees wewre not coming. So we must preserve old growth forests.

#OldGrowthForests #CCS #CarbonCapture

Weathered is a show hosted by weather expert Maiya May and produced by Balance Media that helps explain the most common natural disasters, what causes them, how they’re changing, and what we can do to prepare.

Subscribe to PBS Terra to catch all episodes (bit.ly/3mOfd77). Keep up with Weathered and PBS Terra on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram:  Thank you Margaret A. Carghill Philanthropies for supporting PBS.