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Comment by zahlman

4 months ago

>and when the roots break down all that carbon is released to the atmosphere.

How do you figure, exactly?

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Ma8ee  4 months ago

Bacteria and other organisms “eat” the wood, and then “breath” out CO2 (and sometimes methane).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soil_respiration?wprov=sfti1#

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