In the Urals, industrial hemp is able to produce two crops per year and absorb carbon dioxide three to five times more efficiently than coniferous forests. Experts from the Ural-Carbon carbon testing site of the Ural Federal University conducted experiments and found that the optimal period for growing this plant is 50 days. The university press service reported that plants were planted in the educational area this year and within 75 days the plants reached a height of 2.6 meters and absorbed approximately 2.3 tons of carbon per hectare.
Scientists suggest that carbon sequestration rates could be further increased by growing two crops per season. This will allow the cannabis to mature before releasing its stored carbon back into the atmosphere. According to Konstantin Gribanov, two harvests can absorb up to 5 tonnes of carbon per hectare; This significantly exceeds the results of forests, which generally clear the atmosphere of only 1-1.5 tonnes of carbon per year.
According to Ural-Carbon, industrial hemp has excellent properties to absorb carbon dioxide and can serve as raw material for various products. However, Konstantin Gribanov concludes that to offset the carbon emissions of 5 thousand cars traveling 100 km per day, 3 thousand hectares of hemp with two harvests per year would be required, which makes this task quite large-scale.
Source: Ferra
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