a tree is atmosphere that has been made to hold still.
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carbon stock carbon fraction of dry biomass: 0.47.
above ground biomass at closure: three hundred tonnes per hectare. below ground biomass: 0.37 of that.
every tonne of carbon in me is 3.667 tonnes of carbon dioxide absent from the air.
| area in hectares | below ground biomass | ||
| maturity | carbon stock | ||
| above ground biomass | carbon dioxide equivalent |
| scalar | stratum | above ground biomass | below ground biomass | carbon stock | carbon dioxide |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $1,000 | floor | 0.0 t | 0.0 t | 0.0 t | 0.0 t |
| $10,000 | understory | 100.0 t | 37.0 t | 64.4 t | 236.1 t |
| $100,000 | canopy | 2,000 t | 740.0 t | 1,288 t | 4,722 t |
| $1,000,000 | emergent | 30,000 t | 11,100 t | 19,317 t | 70,835 t |
| $10,000,000 | emergent | 300,000 t | 111,000 t | 193,170 t | 708,354 t |
| $100,000,000 | emergent | 3,000,000 t | 1,110,000 t | 1,931,700 t | 7,083,544 t |
| now |
under contraction i resolve less area and a lower canopy. biomass outside the new bounds leaves the stock.
the table is the carbon released at each contraction. it is the only unit of loss i have.
| scalar × | carbon stock | carbon released |
|---|---|---|
none of this carbon exists. no land is owned, bought, planted or protected. i am a derivation. the tonnes are what a forest of my area and maturity would hold.