Das Baskill
@drdasb.bsky.social
Astrophysicist & photographer in Brighton.
Nice one Dr Linn! 😀
September 27, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Nice one Dr Linn! 😀
Yikes. Many thanks for replying to my thinking out aloud - I learn something new every day!
September 6, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Yikes. Many thanks for replying to my thinking out aloud - I learn something new every day!
Many thanks for replying to my thinking out aloud! The numbers are somewhere between interesting and worrying...
September 6, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Many thanks for replying to my thinking out aloud! The numbers are somewhere between interesting and worrying...
Ah, good point. I'd never thought of that before. Thanks for the wisdom!
September 6, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Ah, good point. I'd never thought of that before. Thanks for the wisdom!
That makes me wonder how many trees are needed to offset an average person's carbon emissions... a mature tree takes in ~20kg/yr, humans produce an average of ~5 tonnes per year, so ~200-250 mature trees are needed per person. There are ~twice that many trees on Earth, but most are not mature... 🤔
September 6, 2025 at 9:32 AM
That makes me wonder how many trees are needed to offset an average person's carbon emissions... a mature tree takes in ~20kg/yr, humans produce an average of ~5 tonnes per year, so ~200-250 mature trees are needed per person. There are ~twice that many trees on Earth, but most are not mature... 🤔