“At the same time, greenhouse gases from the burning of fossil fuels — as well as deforestation and intensive agriculture — have skyrocketed to levels not seen in more than 800,000 years.”
There is so much wrong with this sentence I don’t know where to begin. So, there was a time more than 800,000 years ago when “the burning of fossil fuels — as well as deforestation AND intensive agriculture” WERE at the levels seen today.?!?!
Mankind was barely human then, certainly unable to even create fire or chop down a tree, according to the present archeological THEORYS.
All the oxygen produced by the visible upper canopy of foliage is consumed by the decaying dead growth on the jungle floor......it's a zero sum game.
When you look at carefully landscaped subdivisions, all you see are fresh new trees and green, manicured lawns absorbing CO2 and producing oxygen.....
The oceans are the primary source of oxygen production and CO2 absorption......