carbon sink

British  

noun

1. areas of vegetation, especially forests, and the phytoplankton-rich seas that absorb the carbon dioxide produced by the burning of fossil fuels

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Example Sentences

Weyerhaeuser also is selling its forests as a carbon sink to companies seeking to offset their carbon emissions or burnish their green credentials.

From Barron's

The ocean is the Earth's largest carbon sink, soaking up roughly a third of human carbon dioxide emissions and helping to keep global temperatures in check.

From Science Daily

It amounts to a giant carbon sink—likely the largest in the country.

From Barron's

She said: "When the winds shifted north 15,000 years ago, they changed the stirring action in the Southern Ocean which acts as the largest natural carbon sink on Earth."

From Science Daily

She said: "If the planet's largest carbon sink becomes less effective, it will accelerate the rate at which CO2 accumulates in the atmosphere, amplifying global warming trends."

From Science Daily