Comparison of plant vegetation vs soils as sinks for carbon. Forestry and agriculture are the main societal sectors that can pull carbon from the air and store it. | IPCC
This is the time of the year when the midwest becomes a huge carbon sucking, oxygen producing machine. At the peak of the growing season, says NASA, the Midwest U.S. corn belt is the most productive place on Earth—there's more photosynthesis going on here than even in the Amazon
CBOT #corn has taken a tumble in the last couple weeks, but old & new crop prices are still at 8 year highs for the date. In the last 6 years, most-active futures avoided $5+ and were predominantly in the $3-range, including on 99% of trading days in 2017.