Comments on: Are forest fires good? http://abbyr.wordpress.com/2006/11/25/are-forest-fires-good/ Just another WordPress.com weblog Fri, 16 May 2008 06:47:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: mrmc http://abbyr.wordpress.com/2006/11/25/are-forest-fires-good/#comment-124 mrmc Wed, 27 Dec 2006 22:21:35 +0000 http://abbyr.wordpress.com/2006/11/25/are-forest-fires-good/#comment-124 Lauren wrote on this too: http://lschneider.wordpress.com/2006/11/25/smokey-you-can-take-a-break-from-watching-for-those-fires-they-arent-cooking-us-yet/ Lauren wrote on this too:
http://lschneider.wordpress.com/2006/11/25/smokey-you-can-take-a-break-from-watching-for-those-fires-they-arent-cooking-us-yet/

]]> By: mrmc http://abbyr.wordpress.com/2006/11/25/are-forest-fires-good/#comment-123 mrmc Wed, 27 Dec 2006 22:02:29 +0000 http://abbyr.wordpress.com/2006/11/25/are-forest-fires-good/#comment-123 Younger trees take up carbon dioxide and store carbon in new wood at a greater rate than a mature stand of trees. Older trees do not produce as much "new" organic material each year because they aren't growing. So the statement that a young and growing forest would take up more carbon dioxide than a climax forest is reasonable. I wonder if the effect that airborne particulates on the cooling effect were studied. Huge forest fires create a haze of particles in the atmosphere that can spread globally. These particles, suspended at high altitudes can block solar radiation and cause a cooling effect. Younger trees take up carbon dioxide and store carbon in new wood at a greater rate than a mature stand of trees. Older trees do not produce as much “new” organic material each year because they aren’t growing. So the statement that a young and growing forest would take up more carbon dioxide than a climax forest is reasonable.

I wonder if the effect that airborne particulates on the cooling effect were studied. Huge forest fires create a haze of particles in the atmosphere that can spread globally. These particles, suspended at high altitudes can block solar radiation and cause a cooling effect.

]]> By: Miranda Woodbury http://abbyr.wordpress.com/2006/11/25/are-forest-fires-good/#comment-121 Miranda Woodbury Fri, 15 Dec 2006 14:47:25 +0000 http://abbyr.wordpress.com/2006/11/25/are-forest-fires-good/#comment-121 i don't get it what exactly is fire? i don’t get it what exactly is fire?

]]> By: paola http://abbyr.wordpress.com/2006/11/25/are-forest-fires-good/#comment-114 paola Wed, 06 Dec 2006 17:12:35 +0000 http://abbyr.wordpress.com/2006/11/25/are-forest-fires-good/#comment-114 look what i don't get is how do you actually find out about this sourt of things. look what i don’t get is how do you actually find out about this sourt of things.

]]> By: sonofbruce http://abbyr.wordpress.com/2006/11/25/are-forest-fires-good/#comment-105 sonofbruce Fri, 01 Dec 2006 14:55:51 +0000 http://abbyr.wordpress.com/2006/11/25/are-forest-fires-good/#comment-105 On the other hand, more mature forests are generally thought to sequester more carbon than young forests -- though I know some people dispute that, too. On the other hand, more mature forests are generally thought to sequester more carbon than young forests — though I know some people dispute that, too.

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