In efforts to lower the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, a seemingly odd idea has been getting traction recently. It’s the idea of burying trees and other woody biomass deep underground to lock away the carbon in the biomass.
Researchers from the University of Cambridge and the Czech Academy of Sciences are now taking this idea to the Arctic Ocean floor. They propose the concept of sinking timber from the boreal forest to the oxygen-deprived deep Arctic Ocea floor to pack away carbon dioxide for a long time.
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