Greenpeace, which warns of an imminent «climate bomb» due to the destruction of rich forests and peat bogs that currently serve as a massive carbon sink, reports groups such as the World Wildlife Fund, Conservation International, and Flora and Fauna International have joined them in calling for an end to the conversion of forests to croplands for the production of biofuels (climate-skeptic.com)
For a while, scientists have noticed the lull in the Earth's southern hemisphere, the part of the Earth that acts like a massive carbon sink. (techtimes.com)
But a new study suggests this massive carbon sink could instead become a source of carbon dioxide by the end of the century. (carbonbrief.org)