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Joel
Kontinen
Carbon
absorption by forests and grasslands bounced back in 2025 thanks to favourable
growing conditions, but El Niño could lead to another sharp slump next year
For the
past two years, scientists studying the health of forests, grasslands and
swamps have been worried. Since 2023, the amount of carbon dioxide Earth’s
landscapes have been able to absorb has dropped dramatically in the face of extreme weather,
resulting in a record jump in atmospheric CO2 concentrations in two successive
years.
But 2025
has bucked that worrying trend, with preliminary research revealing a strong
rebound in the land carbon sink and a corresponding decline in the growth rate
of atmospheric CO2.
However, the
next season with high carbon dioxide could break havoc on the globe. But the ones who believe in global warming say
that carbon dioxide will arise in the future.
Source:
Madeleine Cuff 2026 The land's ability to store carbon has bounced back after two bad years | New Scientist 13 October
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