Are you aware if someone has done a back of the envelop calculation of the numbe

Question

Are you aware if someone has done a back of the envelop calculation of the number of trees needed to stop the rise of Carbon Dioxide concentration?

There are probably better technologies to "suck up" CO2 from the atmosphere, but, nonetheless, some of us can plant trees while waiting for these technologies to mature. Are we talking about 1 million, billion or some un-feasible number of trees? I guess the calculation would have to account for the type of tree, the CO2 generated in the effort, the amount of land required and available, natural deforestation as an offset, etc. I guess the envelop or napkin has to be large.

Explanation / Answer

When it comes to climate change, yes, back of the envelope calculations, there's lots of variables when it comes to figuring out how much carbon is stored in the short, medium and long term in forests, with the general idea being that you've got enormous trees, the wood and the carbon inside that is carbon that would be otherwise be in the atmosphere.

A kind of very basic idea to bear in mind is that it

Related Questions

Navigate

• Browse (All)
• Browse A
• Subjects

Integrity-first tutoring: explanations and feedback only — we do not complete graded work. Learn more.