The oceans act as an enormous carbon sink, and have taken up about a third of emitted by human activity.
It acts as the green lung & carbon sink for Delhi.
We are getting dangerously close to the sea reaching its capacity to act as the planet's largest carbon sink.
"The whole of tropical South America may act as a carbon sink."
He suggests that the new forests are the "missing carbon sink" which has puzzled scientists for some years.
Today, the kauri is being considered as a long-term carbon sink.
It is a potential green lung & carbon sink for India's capital.
Some research has been done on Antarctic phytoplankton as a carbon sink.
This natural carbon sink is estimated to remove 3.5 million tonnes from the ocean each year.
"Destroying the Amazon would also turn what is a significant carbon sink into a significant source."
