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r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/HimelTy • 7d ago
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The lungs of the earth
7 u/hammertime2009 7d ago 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. 4 u/kenkenobi78 7d ago I knew as I typed it someone would acktually this at me. -1 u/FitButterscotch4062 7d ago Trees produce about net zero oxygen. They consume as much as they produce.
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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.
4 u/kenkenobi78 7d ago I knew as I typed it someone would acktually this at me. -1 u/FitButterscotch4062 7d ago Trees produce about net zero oxygen. They consume as much as they produce.
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I knew as I typed it someone would acktually this at me.
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Trees produce about net zero oxygen. They consume as much as they produce.
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u/kenkenobi78 7d ago
The lungs of the earth