It has been argued that cutting old-growth forests and replacing them with plantations of young trees would help to alleviate the threat of global greenhouse warming. What important fact does this argument ignore?
A)Forests play too minor a role in global CO₂ dynamics, which are affected far more by marine algae.
B)Young trees fix carbon at a lower rate per unit mass than old trees.
C)Most of the biomass of the cut trees would be added to the atmosphere as CO₂ within a few years.
D)Most of the young trees would die within a few years.

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Cutting old-growth forests releases stored carbon into the atmosphere, increasing CO₂ levels, which contributes to global warming.

It Has Been Argued That Cutting Old-Growth Forests and Replacing