If trees can turn CO2 in oxygen why can’t they solve the climatechange-problem

Question

We learned that trees can turn CO2 to O, so why can’t trees reduce the ammount of CO2 ( the biggest greenhouse gas) and solve the problem?

Edit: But if there is more CO2 the plants grow faster so they can aborsb more too.

In: Biology

Answer 1

Trees do not convert CO2 to O2. The CO2 is converted to sugar and is stored in the plant to be used for energy. The oxygen they release comes from breaking water molecules.

When they die that carbon is then transferred through the carbon cycle with some making it back into the atmosphere.

Trees however are only responsible for a small amount of carbon capture. Most is done by algae in the ocean.