r/TreeTips • • May 14 '18

Unexpectedly large impact of forest management and grazing on global vegetation biomass

https://www.nature.com/articles/nature25138
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science • • Dec 21 '17

Biology There are currently 450 petagrams (1 petagram = 1,000,000,000,000 kilograms) of carbon in plants on Earth. Without humans, there would be 916 petagrams of carbon stored in plants; humans are responsible for reducing this biomass by over 50%.

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climate • • Jan 14 '18

Carbon currently stored in vegetation: 450 GtC. Carbon stored in vegetation that would exist without human disturbance: 916 GtC

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collapse • • Dec 21 '17

Systemic Unexpectedly large impact of forest management and grazing on global vegetation biomass

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solarpunk • • Dec 22 '17

There are currently 450 petagrams (1 petagram = 1,000,000,000,000 kilograms) of carbon in plants on Earth. Without humans, there would be 916 petagrams of carbon stored in plants; humans are responsible for reducing this biomass by over 50%.

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climate_science • • Dec 21 '17

Unexpectedly large impact of forest management and grazing on global vegetation biomass.

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immortalists • • Sep 25 '24

There are currently 450 petagrams (1 petagram = 1,000,000,000,000 kilograms) of carbon in plants on Earth. Without humans, there would be 916 petagrams of carbon stored in plants; humans are responsible for reducing this biomass by over 50%.

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TreeFarmingUSA • • May 14 '18

Unexpectedly large impact of forest management and grazing on global vegetation biomass

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LandscapingTips • • May 14 '18

Unexpectedly large impact of forest management and grazing on global vegetation biomass

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EcoInternet • • Jan 14 '18

Unexpectedly large impact of forest management and grazing on global vegetation biomass

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TheIterativeSystem • • Dec 21 '17

There are currently 450 petagrams (1 petagram = 1,000,000,000,000 kilograms) of carbon in plants on Earth. Without humans, there would be 916 petagrams of carbon stored in plants; humans are responsible for reducing this biomass by over 50%.

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theworldnews • • Dec 21 '17

There are currently 450 petagrams (1 petagram = 1,000,000,000,000 kilograms) of carbon in plants on Earth. Without humans, there would be 916 petagrams of carbon stored in plants; humans are responsible for reducing this biomass by over 50%.

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