[Terrapreta] CO2 rising

[lou gold]

Hi Brian,

Please help me understand what you mean when you say "forests aren't
producing soils"????

All that decaying matter in an old-growth forest is turning into something.
If not soil, then what?
I learned during my days in the Doug Fir forests of Oregon that a cubic
meter of that "soil" can
contain more than 35,000 separate species and 2 billion individual
organisms. Your statement
baffles me. Please elaborate.

Thanks,

lou

On 9/21/07, Brian Hans <bhans at earthmimic.com> wrote:

This is not a full 'study'. No methodology, conclusion, data... but the
> results are obvious in my opinion...forests and especially old growth
> forests are not carbon sinks.
>
> Prairie is a carbon sink because its producing soil, forests arnt
> producing soils. This important distinction gets blurred with the advent of
> TP...whereas forest can INFACT become soil forming carbon sinks. But...so
> can prairies, deserts, boreal, your herb garden in the back...etc thru the
> advent of TP.
>
>
>
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