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		throw310822 78 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: So many trees planted in Taklamakan Desert that it... Does the title make sense? A desert should be carbon-neutral, therefore a single tree growing in the desert is enough to make it a carbon sink.

Y-bar 78 days ago [–]

Certain areas can release more carbon than trees bind if there are trees there, for example peats (obviously not a desert) and tundras (more akin to a desert). These have often a lot of carbon bound in the ground which can be released.

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