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Trees and land absorbed almost no CO2 last year. Is nature’s carbon sink failing?

www.theguardian.com Trees and land absorbed almost no CO2 last year. Is nature’s carbon sink failing?

The sudden collapse of carbon sinks was not factored into climate models – and could rapidly accelerate global heating

Trees and land absorbed almost no CO2 last year. Is nature’s carbon sink failing?

In 2023, the hottest year ever recorded, preliminary findings by an international team of researchers show the amount of carbon absorbed by land has temporarily collapsed. The final result was that forest, plants and soil – as a net category – absorbed almost no carbon.

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