Enterrar árvores mortas por incêndios florestais visa reter carbono

15 de maio de 2026

Reportado por IA

Um projeto em Montana enterrou milhares de árvores mortas após um incêndio florestal em 2021 em um esforço para armazenar o carbono delas no subsolo por séculos. A abordagem da Mast Reforestation substitui a prática comum de queimar as árvores em pilhas. Ela também permite que a empresa venda créditos de carbono enquanto planta novas árvores no local.

Em 2021, um incêndio florestal em Poverty Flats queimou 267 quilômetros quadrados e matou 50.000 pinheiros-ponderosa no Gentry Ranch. Em vez de empilhar e queimar as árvores mortas, o que teria liberado quase 7.000 toneladas de dióxido de carbono, as equipes colocaram as árvores em um poço de 5.000 metros quadrados e as cobriram com seis metros de solo, cascalho e tecido.

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