Sentences with phrase «absorbs carbon dioxide rather»

They report that stopping deforestation and allowing young secondary forests to grow back could establish a «forest sink» — an area that absorbs carbon dioxide rather than releasing it into the atmosphere — which by 2100 could grow by over 100 billion metric tons of carbon, about ten times the current annual rate of global fossil fuel emissions.

Not exact matches

These sensors could reveal patterns that help explain why the tropical Pacific emits carbon dioxide, rather than absorbing it like most of the rest of ocean.

By 2020, rather than absorbing CO2, our forests are expected to emit as much carbon dioxide as 5 years of all transportation in Canada.