Comment by parpfish 6 days ago Why do you have to bury them? Can’t you just let the logs sit on the forest floor? 5 comments parpfish Reply triceratops 6 days ago Decomposition returns carbon dioxide to the air. Or worse, methane, if there isn't enough oxygen. parpfish 6 days ago Don’t things decompose underground as well? triceratops 6 days ago The carbon stays underground. bryanlarsen 6 days ago They release their carbon as they rot or otherwise consumed. That's why the article talks about wood in cold streams, which rots very slowly. myfonj 6 days ago In the long term they will decompose and return vast majority of its carbon back into atmosphere. Blame fungi and bacteria.
triceratops 6 days ago Decomposition returns carbon dioxide to the air. Or worse, methane, if there isn't enough oxygen. parpfish 6 days ago Don’t things decompose underground as well? triceratops 6 days ago The carbon stays underground.
parpfish 6 days ago Don’t things decompose underground as well? triceratops 6 days ago The carbon stays underground.
bryanlarsen 6 days ago They release their carbon as they rot or otherwise consumed. That's why the article talks about wood in cold streams, which rots very slowly.
myfonj 6 days ago In the long term they will decompose and return vast majority of its carbon back into atmosphere. Blame fungi and bacteria.
Decomposition returns carbon dioxide to the air. Or worse, methane, if there isn't enough oxygen.
Don’t things decompose underground as well?
The carbon stays underground.
They release their carbon as they rot or otherwise consumed. That's why the article talks about wood in cold streams, which rots very slowly.
In the long term they will decompose and return vast majority of its carbon back into atmosphere. Blame fungi and bacteria.