Over the last few centuries, the ocean has
absorbed huge amounts of the carbon dioxide spewed into the atmosphere by human activities, such as burning fossil fuels.
Tropical rainforests
absorb huge amounts of carbon dioxide, but because slash - and - burn deforestation releases so much of the greenhouse gas into the atmosphere, the tropics are a wash for carbon, according to a new study.
Not exact matches
Coastal marshes
absorb and store large
amounts of carbon dioxide from Earth's atmosphere; they help filter out pollution in coastal waters; provide habitat for wildlife; help protect coastlines from erosion and storm surge; and can store
huge amounts of floodwater, reducing the threat
of flooding in low - lying coastal areas.
If forests were to die on a sufficient scale, they would not only stop
absorbing carbon dioxide, they might also start to burn up or decay at such a rate that they would spew
huge amounts of the gas back into the air — as is already happening in some regions.