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Phrases with «terrestrial sink»
A
"terrestrial sink"
refers to an area on land that absorbs or stores something, like carbon dioxide or water. It acts like a sponge, taking in and locking away this material from the atmosphere.
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terrestrial
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terrestrial sink
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terrestrial carbon sink
Sentences with «terrestrial sink»
We can only prevent runaway warming by making a serious effort to reduce emissions and
restore terrestrial sinks
.
(
dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com
)
Informal consultations took place on the reference to the role
of terrestrial sinks
, after which the headline statement was adopted.
(
enb.iisd.org
)
(1) I don't think there are any known mechanisms that would explain having nearly so large
terrestrial sink in
N. America.
(
realclimate.org
)
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