Can reforestation help cut atmospheric C02 levels?
• Reforestation sequesters C02 and helps reverse global warming Adrian Higgins. “A New Leaf on Life”. Washington Post. 8 May 2008 – “According to a neat calculator on the Web site of Casey Trees, a fair-size white oak tree with an 18-inch-diameter trunk would reduce atmospheric carbon dioxide by 622 pounds per year. A mature apple tree would lower carbon dioxide by more than 300 pounds. Even the weedy tree of heaven would store (“sequester,” in eco parlance) 391 pounds once it reached a trunk diameter of 12 inches.
