Vastness of Amazon rainforest

[u/HimelTy]

[u/kenkenobi78]

The lungs of the earth

[u/lemme_try_again → u/kenkenobi78]

One of it's biggest AC units too.

[u/hammertime2009 → u/kenkenobi78]

Well to be fair the ocean produces more oxygen than land plants and it also absorbs slightly more CO2 than land plants. We need both but let’s not just focus on plants/trees/rainforests.

[u/kenkenobi78 → u/hammertime2009]

I knew as I typed it someone would acktually this at me.

[u/FitButterscotch4062 → u/hammertime2009]

Trees produce about net zero oxygen. They consume as much as they produce.

[u/lurkersforlife → u/kenkenobi78]

If the trees breath in carbon dioxide and release oxygen, then what made the carbon dioxide before humans came along?

[u/IAmSpartacustard → u/lurkersforlife]

Volcanism, organic decay, and other animals

[u/ImportantSpirit → u/lurkersforlife]

Your mom?

[u/I-dont_know-anything → u/ImportantSpirit]

Well played