Amazingly, forests are still sucking up as much carbon as they were 30 years ago. But there’s a catch

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By Sachi Kitajima MulkeyJul 18, 2024, 4:00 am382 pts
Each year, burning fossil fuels puff tens of billions of metric tons of planet-warming carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. And for decades, the Earth’s forests, along with oceans and soil, have sucked roughly a third back in, creating a vacuum known as the land carbon sink. But as deforestation and wildfires…

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