Cool the Planet with Plants or Geo-engineering? - The Guardian
What if it’s too late to save our planet without geoengineering?
“The simplest form of geoengineering is the kind of carbon removal many of us learned about in school: planting trees. “Land-based solutions are really important, especially in the next decade or so, because they can be implemented quickly – and we know how to plant forests,” Buck says. She points to other kinds of land-based climate interventions that show promise. Changing agricultural practices can be used to store more carbon in the dirt. Other strategies include storing carbon in wetlands, ocean iron fertilization, or different approaches involving rock weathering.” - The Guardian
Plants! Making life possible since 480,000,000 B.C.
Over 80% of the commodities we use every day — including petroleum — are made of organic compounds and materials produced by plants. Plants are the first and most efficient “factories” ever designed.
Consider this:
Plants are the only factories that make food, medicines, and millions of other useful products from dirt, air, sunlight, and water;
Plant factories are self-sustaining — they generate their own energy from light and raw elements; ….