Cannabis can fight climate change – scientists

In one year, a cannabis plantation can absorb up to 16 tons of greenhouse gases.

An unusual plant, cannabis, may overcome global extinction. The Daily Mail writes about it.

Scientists have discovered that hemp plantations absorb more carbon dioxide from the air. It is even twice the size of trees.

Studies have shown that in one year, a cannabis plantation can absorb up to 16 tons of greenhouse gases. And trees only produce about 6 tons.

It is noted that gases enter the hemp fibers forever.

The New York-based Hudson Carbon Research Center found that about half an acre of hemp stores up to 3 tons of carbon. Thus, almost seven tons can be simultaneously extracted from the atmosphere.

“A plantation of about 20 million hectares can absorb hundreds of millions of tons of carbon annually. Industrial hemp is a variety of the Cannabis sativa plant. It should not be confused with ordinary marijuana , because it does not have levels of psychoactive compounds. However, it carries out purification, because it captures toxins from the air. And that’s not all. Cannabis can absorb heavy metals from the soil: lead, mercury, cadmium , etc. This has been confirmed by several studies by scientists from Pennsylvania . It also does not require a lot of water for cultivation. To reach maturity, the plant can be in just 4 months, “said those scientist.

Recall that in the Zhytomyr region, the attackers were found growing hemp in the field. The police found crops of an illicit plant worth a million US dollars – almost two thousand bushes.

In Transcarpathia men growing hemp were exposed

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