← Back to context Comment by parpfish 8 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 8 months ago Decomposition returns carbon dioxide to the air. Or worse, methane, if there isn't enough oxygen. parpfish 8 months ago Don’t things decompose underground as well? triceratops 8 months ago The carbon stays underground. bryanlarsen 8 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 8 months ago In the long term they will decompose and return vast majority of its carbon back into atmosphere. Blame fungi and bacteria.
triceratops 8 months ago Decomposition returns carbon dioxide to the air. Or worse, methane, if there isn't enough oxygen. parpfish 8 months ago Don’t things decompose underground as well? triceratops 8 months ago The carbon stays underground.
parpfish 8 months ago Don’t things decompose underground as well? triceratops 8 months ago The carbon stays underground.
bryanlarsen 8 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 8 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.