A recent scientific discovery has drastically changed our view of the global carbon cycle and identified a new significant risk. Researchers have discovered a giant lake or reservoir made up of molten carbon sitting below the western US. The molten carbon (primarily in the form of carbonate) reservoir could drastically and immediately change the global climate for over a decade if it were to be released. Thankfully there is little risk in the near future of this happening. The carbon sits 217 miles beneath the surface of the Earth in the upper mantle and has no immediate pathway to the surface. In total the lake covers approximately 700,000 square miles, approximately the size of Mexico. This has redefined how much carbon scientists believe sits locked away in the Earth's mantle and its interaction with surface and atmospheric carbon. Geologists at Royal Holloway University of London were able to use the largest array of seismic sensors in the world to detect what exists below the surface of the western US. In total 538 sensors were used to create a three-dimensional view of the regions subsurface. They do this by measuring the time it takes for sound waves to travel into the Earth and bounce back. Depending on the structure of rock in the subsurface, different waves will bounce back at different times and at different angles. Complex algorithms integrate the data to reveal a picture of what exists below the surface of the Earth. Scientists are limited to viewing the molten lake through seismic imagery as it is far too deep to reach via a drill bit. https://www.forbes.com/sites/trevor...as-just-discovered-under-the-us/#3b13dc2420bb
this is the earth sucking excess carbon back in, we basically found mother earths vacuum cleaner bag.
Plants suck CO2 in. Carbon itself isn't created or destroyed (except in a nuclear reaction, or in the core of stars) - that's a law of nature. Mass cutting down rain forest is the serious problem, and doesn't cost many $trillions to fix. Plant more trees.
One day its going to pop like a zit and our future generations are completely screwed. Sarcasm:We better put money aside for colonization on Mars
yeah. i for one completely trust the us government to put money away for the future and not spend it immediately. that's why i support a carbon tax!
Lets just give our money to politicians in the form of a carbon tax. Should fix the problem in about....never.
