Earth and Leaf Editorial – Burying Dead Trees The science actually indicates, leave them alone.  Cutting them down and burying dead trees is unnecessary, will disturb the soil releasing CO2.  Cutting then down and burning them is idiocy. Charred trees still standing after a wildfire in Glacier National Park, Montana – Gorski/NurPhoto/Shutters​tock Will burying dead trees after a wildfire keep their carbon locked up?   Partially burnt trees still standing after a wildfire are typically felled and burned, but a US start-up claims burying them instead will trap the carbon underground for centuries. In 2021, a smouldering underground coal seam ignited the tinder-dry grass and brush in Poverty Flats, Montana,…