{"id":247578,"date":"2024-07-25T12:51:33","date_gmt":"2024-07-25T12:51:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/25\/one-of-earths-major-carbon-sinks-collapsed-in-2023\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:13:58","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:13:58","slug":"one-of-earths-major-carbon-sinks-collapsed-in-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/25\/one-of-earths-major-carbon-sinks-collapsed-in-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"One of Earth’s major carbon sinks collapsed in 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"

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British Columbia in Canada, during the 2023 wildfire season<\/p>\n

David J. Mitchell\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n

Extreme heat, drought and wildfires caused forests and other land ecosystems to emit almost as much carbon dioxide as they removed from the atmosphere in 2023, nearly canceling out a major natural sink of the greenhouse gas.<\/p>\n

Researchers say the temporary decline of this sink \u2013 which usually removes about a quarter of our annual CO2 emissions from the atmosphere \u2013 bodes ill for how these ecosystems will respond to future climate change.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s pretty grim,\u201d says\u2026<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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