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A carbon-flow model for managed forest plantations was used to estimate carbon storage in UK plantations differing in Yield Class (growth rate), thinning regime and species characteristics. If the objective is to store carbon rapidly in the short term and achieve high carbon storage in the long term, Populus plantations growing on fertile land (2.7 m spacing, 26-yr rotations, Yield Class 12) were the best option examined. If the objective is to achieve high carbon storage in the medium term (50 yr) without regard to the initial rate of storage, then plantations of conifers of any species with above-average Yield Classes would suffice. In the long term (100 yr), broadleaved plantations of oak and beech store as much carbon as conifer plantations.
Via Mark Dennehy(tags: via:markdennehy trees co2 carbon-sequestration climate-change woodland forests)
Using solar power and carbon capture to make carbon-neutral liquid hydrocarbons
David Keith: ‘Cheap intermittent solar power can make carbon-neutral hydrocarbons: high-energy fuels that are easy to store and use. My 12 min talk at Royal Society #CodexTalks describes a low-risk fast path to industrial-scale solar-fuels.’
(tags: carbon carbon-sequestration carbon-capture royal-society co2 hydrocarbons fuel solar climate-change)
everyone is a badass until there’s a knock at the door | MetaFilter
scary things happening to Naomi Wu. I’m deeply unimpressed by Sarah Jeong and Hasan Minhaj so irresponsibly putting someone in an authoritarian society in danger
(tags: china lgbt metafilter shenzen naomi-wu via:nelson)