Are you Carbon
THIS ONE'S FOR NATURE NERDS
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Often called the 'element of life' there's not a single living species that isn't based upon the presence of Carbon. So it's a bitter irony that an element that originates from the Big Bang and is found in all life on Earth (We are 18% Carbon) could bring an end to civilisation. The problem however, isn't naturally occurring carbon, it's human caused emissions from industries such as fossil fuels, animal agriculture and transport! Currently sitting at 67ppm above the safe threshold of 350ppm, Carbon Emissions have accumulated in the earth's atmosphere to such a degree they're preventing heat from radiating back into space and causing global warming. Thankfully there's a magical machine that's cheap and absorbs CO2 around the clock, hooray for TREES. Let's take a look at why trees are the No.1 Natural solution to our Climate Crisis.
Photosynthesis
TRADING CARBON DIOXIDE FOR OXYGEN
Plants create sap by absorbing
water & minerals from soil.
The sap travels to the leaves
which absorb CO2 and light.
The leaves use chlorophyll & the
suns energy to convert CO2 and
water into glucose.
The plant releases oxygen and
the glucose helps the tree grow.
OUR AIM IS TO HELP MILLIONS OF PEOPLE REACH NET ZERO EMISSIONS & REPLANT
THE 1 TRILLION TREES THAT WERE CLEARED FOR ANIMAL AGRICULTURE.
Trees
73,000 SPECIES, JUST ONE RECIPE
50% CARBON
42% OXYGEN
6% HYDROGEN
1% NITROGEN
1% MINERALS
*a trees chemical composition, including wet & dry mass.
Actually a tree can absorb anywhere between 10 and 40kg of CO2 per year depending on the species, soil conditions, environment and climate. But how do we know this, well let's imagine a tree with a weight of 1000kg, we know this tree is 500kg water and 500kg dry wood. And we know that 50% of the dry wood is carbon, which is 250kg. Thanks to molar mass ratios, we can can break CO2 down and discover that it takes 3.67kg of CO2 to produce 1kg of carbon in the tree. So for our tree example, 250 × 3.67 = 917kg of CO2.
Tree weighs 1000kg
500kg of Dry Wood
250kg of Carbon
917kg of CO2 Absorbed
So If we want to calculate how much the tree absorbed per year, first we need to know its age and If the tree weighs 1 ton we can assume it's around 35 years old, 917kg / 35yrs = 26kg of CO2 per year. Okay we're impressed, you guys deserve a coffee!
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LET'S REPLANT THE WORLD TOGETHER.
1,000
50,000
50,000
Trees Replanted
People & Businesses Reach Net Zero
Tons of Atmospheric Carbon Removed
