carbon sink
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Lamu hosts 70% of Kenya’s mangrove forests that provide a massive carbon sink and are vital breeding grounds for marine life and migratory birds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
Ocean warming has far-reaching consequences, such as degradation of marine ecosystems, biodiversity loss and reduction of the ocean carbon sink, the agency said.
From Barron's ● Mar. 23, 2026
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 ● Nov. 19, 2025
The ocean also produces half of the oxygen we breathe on land and is the largest carbon sink on Earth, absorbing about 30% of all carbon dioxide emissions from humans.
From Salon ● May 21, 2025
Data indicates that the southeastern Amazon has now turned from a carbon sink to a source.
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2024
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