Posted on 09/09/2015 5:53:56 PM PDT by Sean_Anthony
Whether, how, and why forest stands have changed their growth patterns over the last century are still hotly disputed questions
The world’s great forests have long been recognized as the lungs of the earth. They fix carbon and produce oxygen. So it should come as a pleasant surprise to hear that there are over three trillion trees on earth, according to a new assessment. The figure is more than seven times as big as the previous best estimate, which counted perhaps 400 billion at most.
It has been produced by Thomas Crowther and colleagues, from Yale University, who combined a mass of ground survey data with satellite pictures. (1)
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Then someone did a recount and determined that the current population was 600,000.
Didn't change their viewpoint at all.
Trees have an amazing ability to grow back. Michigan has been logged over about 3 times but you sure wouldn’t know it by looking.
There were some great pictures of Minnesota’s North Shore and as far as the eye could see there were no trees. Now it is covered again.
Plants consume CO2, and reestablish an equilibrium, if there is an excess of CO2. Instead of proposed laws, it makes more sense to plant trees.
Heck, I pass uncounted millions of trees on my 52 mile commute to work in middle Tennessee.
Between logging and forest fires the land has been cleared repeatedly.
We had a pretty good forest fire in the upper peninsula a couple years ago that burned for a couple of weeks.
Just who the hell is counting all those trees. I think the numbers are a load of crap
They count trees in selected areas of known size and varying density, in order to get a statistically meaningful estimate of how many trees growing at a specific density are contained within a given area of land. Then they examine the satellite photos and measure how much area is covered by trees at a given density, and do the math to come up with a total estimate.
It is, of course, incredibly labor-intensive (and probably impossible) to count every tree. So a statistical estimation is the best that can be done.
Now, YOU JUST KNOW, before this revelation, there were dire predictions that we all were going to suffocate in our beds because of logging in the Amazon. But... turns out the entire Amazon jungle is just a drop in the bucket compared the TRILLIONS of trees now being counted. Hahahaha, envirowhackos are truly whack-o!!!
Similarly, I’m sure we could find dire predictions about global warming killing us all because of the lack of trees, if we cared to look. I don’t. Wackos are wackos and who cares what they were saying, are saying, and are going to say in the future? They’re a total joke
I didn’t think they counted every tree, all I was saying is that I don’t believe any numbers given to me by the government minions. They just make them up for what suits them that day.
I have admit though, these numbers being high, doesn’t fit their usual narrative.
And if each one was worth $1, it would only pay 1/7 of our national debt.
As I recall, about 7/10s of the O2 which we breathe is produced by phytoplankton in the World’s oceans. Just saying.
It's easy to believe that if a person does not want to be found, it would be almost impossible to find him or her. If they could survive out in the wilderness.
I’ve noticed that the quality of human life is proportional to the density of trees.
Phytoplankton and Earth's Oxygen
"In the ocean, oxygen is produced as a byproduct of photosynthesis by phytoplankton (single celled sea plants) and algae (multicelled sea plants). Although individual alga are much larger than plankton, the latter have a staggeringly larger biomass and so produce the most oxygen. Considering the Earth is more than 70% water and phytoplankton are found throughout the ocean, it's not surprising that they make up 90% of the Earth's oxygen production."
(Estimates from other sources range from 50% upward, with most at your figure of 70%)
Any estimated number should come with a statistical margin of error. Since we are dealing with trillions here plus or minus a trillion or so probably covers the true number which of course is constantly in flux due to fires etc.
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