Because trees convert carbon dioxide into food for growth, they are one of the planet’s most naturally efficient ways to store carbon. One tree can absorb as much as 48 pounds of carbon dioxide per year and sequester one ton of carbon by the time it reaches 40 years old. Trees actually get better at storing carbon with age. Old-growth forests, which have developed for at least 120 years without disturbance, contain over 300 billion tons of carbon. That’s 600 trillion pounds of CO2 not floating around sneakily warming the atmosphere! You can help us plant more handy, leafy sky vacuums by joining the FWP Frankie and Peaches Kindness Crew.
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- Lisa S. French
