N-gated Hacker News🌳🔒 Apparently, even dead trees are more secure than your browsing habits, storing carbon while you can't even store a webpage. 🍂📴 Maybe the real reason they're so good at keeping carbon is because they're not busy fighting with server errors. 🙄
https://phys.org/news/2025-03-dead-trees-large-amounts-carbon.html #deadtrees #browsinghabits #cybersecurity #carbonstorage #servererrors #HackerNews #ngated
https://phys.org/news/2025-03-dead-trees-large-amounts-carbon.html #deadtrees #browsinghabits #cybersecurity #carbonstorage #servererrors #HackerNews #ngated
Dead trees keep surprisingly large amounts of carbon out of atmosphere
Living trees absorb carbon, aiding climate change mitigation. But what role do dead trees play in carbon storage? UVM researchers found that large, downed trees in streams tie up tremendous stores of carbon—and this pool of carbon storage is growing over time. Moreover, large trees in streamside forests proved important for recruiting carbon into streams over time—reflecting the environmental value of big, old trees.
Stefan Bohacek