Burying Wood: A Simple, Low-Tech Carbon Storage Solution to Combat Climate Change

Researchers have found a 3,775-year-old log buried under a farm in Canada, offering insight into a low-cost and scalable method to lock carbon out of the atmosphere for millennia. The study reveals that burying wood under the right conditions, such as in oxygen-deprived environments and clay soils, could prevent its decay and preserve its carbon content. This method, ...

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