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Originally Posted by poopdeckpappy
it is estimated that vegetation stores 600,000,000,000 tons of CO2. while surface water store about 1,020,000,000,000,000 tons of CO2, with the deep waters of the oceans storing 40,000,000,000 tons of CO2.
It is estimated that between 70% and 80% of the oxygen in the atmosphere is produced by marine plants |
I hate this thread.. but those numbers are probably more close to reality (I studied paleoclimatology as a minor in college). artbyjody's number for the rain forest probably comes from a quote like "of all rainforests in the world the amazon absorbs 90% of the LIFE GIVING CO2 gas" or something like that.. The oceans are by
FAR the most important factor
ON EARTH in considering what mechanisms affect global climate.. too bad we are destroying them in so many nearly irreversible ways.. and its not due to CO2 emissions.. Maybe if everyone tunes their SSB to the same freq and sends out a planetary SOS at the same time, someone out there will hear and come fix our problems, cause it sure ain't happening here. Anyone remember Seaquest DSV? they had giant CO2 scrubbers and some terrorist was going to blow them up to kill everyone.. a perfect segway to the plot of "Space Balls"