← Back to context Comment by parpfish 10 months 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 10 months ago Decomposition returns carbon dioxide to the air. Or worse, methane, if there isn't enough oxygen. parpfish 10 months ago Don’t things decompose underground as well? triceratops 10 months ago The carbon stays underground. bryanlarsen 10 months 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 10 months ago In the long term they will decompose and return vast majority of its carbon back into atmosphere. Blame fungi and bacteria.
triceratops 10 months ago Decomposition returns carbon dioxide to the air. Or worse, methane, if there isn't enough oxygen. parpfish 10 months ago Don’t things decompose underground as well? triceratops 10 months ago The carbon stays underground.
parpfish 10 months ago Don’t things decompose underground as well? triceratops 10 months ago The carbon stays underground.
bryanlarsen 10 months 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 10 months 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.