Together with phytoplankton in the oceans, primal forests are the lungs of the earth, a valuable safety valve against runaway climate change, with all its droughts, fires and floods, including the biggest flood of all: our rising, acidifying seas (where atmospheric CO2 is absorbed in the oceans to become carbonic acid).

Together with phytoplankton in the oceans, primal forests are the lungs of the earth, a valuable safety valve against runaway climate change, with all its droughts, fires and floods, including the biggest flood of all: our rising, acidifying seas (where atmospheric CO2 is absorbed in the oceans to become carbonic acid).