Carbon sink

The rate at which carbon dioxide is lost from soil has risen faster than the rate at which it is used by land plants, because soil microbes have become more active — possibly weakening the land surface’s ability to act as a carbon sink.

A new study suggests that massive underground aquifers under the world's deserts can trap and hold up to 25 percent more carbon than plants.

Aerial view green mangrove forest. Natural carbon sinks. Mangroves trees capture CO2. Blue carbon ecosystems. Mangroves absorb stock images, #view, #AD, #sinks, #images, #ad

With the ocean key to meeting 1.5C, all eyes are now on the vital but overlooked “big three” marine ecosystems – seagrass, mangroves and salt marshes

Evidence & attribution for land carbon sink enhancement. Continue reading Measuring the effectiveness of the land’s carbon sink on Tech Explorist.

A carbon sink balances the amount of carbon dioxide that cycles between our Earth and the atmosphere. Learn how this occurs and why it matters.

To reach climate neutrality in 2050, we need deep emission cuts as well as sustainable solutions for removing and recycling carbon. Part of the solution is in clean technologies and part of it in nature-based solutions. Carbon farming restores carbon cycles, enables our natural carbon sinks to absorb more carbon and rewards land managers for taking care of nature. 🌲🪱🌿 Credit @ourplanet_eu #discoverearthlife #discoverearths

A new paper looks at the role of whales play in storing carbon, arguing that increasing conservation efforts could lead to more carbon sequestration.When we think about ways to sequester carbon from the atmosphere, our minds may first go to trees—either planting new ones or protecting the oldest and

CARBON SINK- areas of vegetation that absorb carbon dioxide produced by the burning of fossil fuels

Fishing trawlers that drag big nets along the ocean floor potentially release more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere than the world's commercial aviation industry.

This diagrams illustrates Earth's carbon cycle. It shows how carbon atoms 'flow' between various 'reservoirs' in the Earth system. Reservoirs are shown as rectangular blocks; flows between reservoirs are indicated by arrows. The sizes of reservoirs are in units of gigatons of carbon (GtC). Flows between reservoirs are in units of gigatons of carbon per year (GtC yr-1). Red

Air pollution is a potentially an epidemic in the making. With 40,000 deaths in the UK each year linked to toxic air levels, it's something we can't ignore

Air in the balance - creation.com

Protecting tropical rainforests is regarded as a vital buffer against global warming. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Innumerable kinds of plants and animals are found on earth which is different from each other in shape, size and structure. All these are basically made up of carbon, nitrogen, oxygen and hydrogen.

Deep-sea mining can supply metals for a green transition, but a true green transition should protect the ocean’s blue carbon rather than open up a new resource

CARBON SINK: "carbon sinks are oceans, trees, plants, and other natural resources that take the CO2 out of the air and use it for photosynthesis and other purposes."

There are things every diver should know, but often don’t. The importance of seagrass is one example - so here are 6 facts to bring you up to speed.

THE OCEAN, A CARBON SINK A carbon sink is a natural or artificial reservoir that absorbs and stores the atmosphere’s carbon with physical and biological mechanisms. Coal, oil, natural gases, methane hydrate and limestone are all examples of carbon sinks. After long processes and under certain conditions, these sinks have stored carbon for millennia. On