/sci/ - Science & Math

>>12729978
>It buffers it in the long-term and makes it so the doomsday predictions are fearmongering.
Not how it works. The ocean is the main driver. Carbon trapped by vegetation is released in a couple of decades.

>>12312552
Not really, the terrestrial biosphere has a really short residence time compared to the ocean and deep ocean

>>12068115
>So doesn't the Earth's capacity to suck CO2 out of the atmosphere increase along with temperature, cancelling out the warming?
No, the terrestrial biosphere contributes a fraction of the carbon cycle with a short residence time. The ocean is the main control of the carbon cycle and the main producer of oxygen. We're actually decreasing the ability of the ocean to effectively scrub the extra CO2 by reducing its solubility and slowing down the currents that transport it to the deep ocean.

>Also, wouldn't the existing vegetation just grow larger in areas where CO2 availability was the only limiting factor?
CO2 is a well mixed gas and not a limiting factor when it comes to plant growth.

>>11819650
The terrestrial biosphere is not the major player in the long term carbon cycle. It has about a ~20 year residence time for that carbon, and we are crippling the ability of the ocean to uptake CO2

>>11441286
We should be focused on the ocean instead. The terrestrial biosphere is only a fraction of the carbon cycle

>>11307623
>>11307747
The terrestrial biosphere does not control the carbon budget. Stop talking shit

>>11296123
>I don't know how the carbon cycle works

You people don't get the magnitude of the problem do you?

>>11150358
The terrestrial biosphere can't help a lot in capturing carbon. Look at the reservoir size and the residence time.
The ocean is the major player here and the ability for it to take up CO2 is crippled by ocean acidification and a slowing of the AMOC since Atlantic deepwater formation is crucial to transpor CO2 into deeper waters

>>11134804
I love how people parrot this meme without knowing anything about the carbon cycle

>>11126341
>>11126379
>I don't know how the carbon cycle or ecosystem change works

>>11118808
I love how people post this bullshit with complete ignorance about the carbon cycle
Nevermind the consequences of a rapid climate upheaval due to CO2