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A tree absorbs around 20kg of carbon dioxide a year while growing. To sequester 38 Gigatons you'd need to plant and cut down and bury around 10^12 trees each year, give or take an order of magnitude or two.



Don't forget the oceans as part of the equation.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean_storage_of_carbon_dioxid...




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