Do evergreen trees absorb as much carbon dioxide as the other type?

Answer 1

Yes and no. The amount of COw a tree absorbs depends on how much it sotres--the carbon is the main component in the wood of the tree.

Evergreens will store as much for the size of the tree as any other tree--but while they grow bigger than sme trees, they are smaller than others. Ther big advantage is that many types of evergreen grow fairly faast--so they will absorb CO2 faster.

Answer 2

They're somewhere in the middle - at least when you look at the absorption to mass ratio.

Evergreens aren't usually the largest of trees by mass and by virtue of this fact their total CO2 sequestration is less than more massive trees.

As a rough rule of thumb - 70% of the mass of a tree will be sequestered carbon, the bigger the tree the more carbon it has sequestered.

All trees sequester CO2, some are better than others. All trees release CO2 when they degrade, some trees cause a overall net reduction in CO2 levels because they absorb and convert more carbon than is stored within them. Evergreens aren't particularly good at this so when one such tree dies the amount of CO2 it releases will be about the same as it has sequestered during it's lifetime.

A drawback with evergreens is that they are just that - ever green. Dark colours absorb more solar radiation (sunlight) so dark trees consequently release more thermal radiation - the kind that gets trapped by greenhouse gases.

Further, many evergreens are planted in the temperate and cold climate zones and because they're green all year round they prevent sunlight from harmlessly reflecting back off the snow and ice covered ground during the winter months.

Answer 3

No. Because of where they grow.

Evergreen trees grow in locations away from the equator, where sunlight is less, and trees grow slowly. Those trees can't absorb as much CO2. In winter, even though they grow a little, they're a net loss because they block reflecting snow.

The best trees to fight global warming will be planted near the equator and have their wood harvested, to take the carbon out of circulation.

Answer 4

Yes, it is especially since it is year round.