Why aren Californian hills more densly forested to offset carbon emmisions from cars?
Being new to the San Diego area Im surprised to see miles and miles of land with not enough trees (in my opinion) while there are cars and cars e/where…wouldn’t it be wise to forest as much as possible to offset global warming? A: It is not as simple as it sounds. “Tropical forests have a net cooling effect because they take up carbon and increase cloudiness, which helps cool the planet,” The tropics receive more sunlight, so they have more energy to convert atmospheric carbon dioxide into biomass. That is why tropical forests are better at storing carbon than their counterparts at mid-to-high latitudes. Some trees such as those grown for pulping in paper manufacture take in carbon dioxide and generate oxygen very efficiently when young but slow and even reverse that as they age. Therefore trees for paper production which have a short life cycle might be a good idea. But sadly many trees are not so efficient and in the West are actually counter productive. There is also the problem o
