A Large and Persistent Carbon Sink in the World’s Forests

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Summary

The total forest sink estimate is equivalent in magnitude to the terrestrial sink deduced from fossil fuel emissions and land-use change sources minus ocean and atmospheric sinks, with tropical estimates having the largest uncertainties.

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2011-08-19
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Carbon sink, Sink (geography), Natural resource economics, Environmental science, Climate change

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