You can't "balance carbon cycle" because the problem is not the carbon cycle.
Carbon cycle is fine.
The problem is there is a huge amount of additional carbon that the cycle cannot accommodate. If I remember well, every decade we are adding more carbon than entire weight of biosphere.
Also, plants have higher albedo than most types of ground. Remember, they are built to capture light. This means they cause Earth to capture more energy.
Plants don't do much to atmospheric carbon if they can't be sequestered. Otherwise they just burn or rot -- causing carbon to return back to atmosphere.
The conditions for the plant carbon to be sequestered are not favourable nowadays.
I love plants and I want more plants and trees and all that. Just don't be naive thinking this is going to solve the problem.
Because that naivety more often than not causes lay people thinking something is being done when trees are being planted which is bad for us who would like something real done.
Carbon cycle is fine.
The problem is there is a huge amount of additional carbon that the cycle cannot accommodate. If I remember well, every decade we are adding more carbon than entire weight of biosphere.
Also, plants have higher albedo than most types of ground. Remember, they are built to capture light. This means they cause Earth to capture more energy.
Plants don't do much to atmospheric carbon if they can't be sequestered. Otherwise they just burn or rot -- causing carbon to return back to atmosphere.
The conditions for the plant carbon to be sequestered are not favourable nowadays.
I love plants and I want more plants and trees and all that. Just don't be naive thinking this is going to solve the problem.
Because that naivety more often than not causes lay people thinking something is being done when trees are being planted which is bad for us who would like something real done.