With continuous global warming, the scientists expect the changing water cycle to become the critical factor for the variability in the global land carbon sink. (sciencedaily.com)
«The region's land carbon sink contributes to the sequestration of a significant percentage of the global emissions,» he said. (scientificamerican.com)
The findings suggest that overestimates of China's emissions during this period may be larger than China's estimated total forest sink — a natural carbon store — in 1990 - 2007 (2.66 gigatonnes of carbon) or China's land carbon sink in 2000 - 2009 (2.6 gigatonnes of carbon). (sciencedaily.com)