Tag: a tree sequesters about one ton of CO2 by the time it reaches its 40th birthday

Green plants sequester CO2 as they grow by converting it via photosynthesis into carbohydrates.  In almost all cases, these more complicated carbon molecules are broken down after the organism’s death and the CO2 is re-released in to the atmosphere; this …

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