Dead trees keep surprisingly large amounts of carbon out of atmosphere

Interestingly earthworms went extinct in most of north america after the last ice age, and their re-introduction in 1500+ means they are making their way through organic matter in Canada's boreal forests that were previously sequestering large amounts of carbon. No way to roll it back though.

https://natural-resources.canada.ca/stories/simply-science/e...

Then the fix to climate change is clear, we must exterminate the worms!

When Worms came out in '95, I had a feeling there was something deeper, more profound to it, but I couldn't tell what it was.

Now it all finally makes sense!