Everyone thinks of rain forests as important to the stability of the climate because they convert carbon dioxide into carbon, thereby sequestrating the greenhouse gas. So they are, but rain forests also play another equally important role in the climate of the planet, and this role is often overlooked. Rainforests are places which degrade energy, and this energy degradation is as important as the role rain forests play in sequestrating carbon. If this was understood better we would go to much greater lengths to preserve mature forests in all places. I shall explain how it works. (more…)
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