conundrum
/kəˈnʌndrəm/ noun
a confusing and difficult problem or question.
Tree bark in the world’s forests absorbs the greenhouse gas methane, my colleagues and I have demonstrated for the first time on a global scale – a discovery that could have big implications for tackling climate change.
As trees photosynthesise, their leaves take up carbon dioxide (CO₂ and lock it away as biomass in their trunks and branches providing a long-term store of carbon. But now, our large-scale study proves that there’s another way that trees absorb greenhouse gases – so forests can provide even more climate benefits than previously thought.
Methane has contributed about a third of the observed climate warming since preindustrial times. Concentrations of methane in the atmosphere have been rising rapidly for the best part of two decades.
Greenies solution - cut down the forrests for wind farms & solar panels..
Hey wait a minute - what does a greenie do now???
Destroy the biodiversity & mine the planet for all its resources, or let nature take care of it ...as it has for eternity.
and lock it away as biomass in their trunks and branches providing a long-term store of carbon. But now, our large-scale study proves that there’s another way that trees absorb greenhouse gases – so forests can provide even more climate benefits than previously thought.
