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We may also have to look again at carbon sinks.

Including carbon sinks in a policy framework is another source of flexibility.

In many ways, however, human activity has been shrinking carbon sinks rather than expanding them.

For example, they recognize trees and grasslands as important carbon sinks.

"The whole of tropical South America may act as a carbon sink."

The remainder has to be going into carbon sinks.

So, are carbon sinks beginning to reach their limits?

Some research has been done on Antarctic phytoplankton as a carbon sink.

The oceans act as an enormous carbon sink, and have taken up about a third of emitted by human activity.

He suggests that the new forests are the "missing carbon sink" which has puzzled scientists for some years.

Creation of more natural carbon sinks in Saskatchewan's forests and soils.

This natural carbon sink is estimated to remove 3.5 million tonnes from the ocean each year.

Changes in carbon sinks can affect the airborne fraction.

Deforestation eliminates carbon sinks, accelerating the process of climate change.

"Destroying the Amazon would also turn what is a significant carbon sink into a significant source."

We are getting dangerously close to the sea reaching its capacity to act as the planet's largest carbon sink.

This paper contends that permafrost represents a significant global carbon sink.

It is a potential green lung & carbon sink for India's capital.

It has been suggested that improved farming practices could return the soils to being a carbon sink.

There are several possibilities: the use of carbon sinks, a renewable energy supply and new irrigation techniques.

It acts as the green lung & carbon sink for Delhi.

Any process that removes carbon from the atmosphere can act as a carbon sink.

Over the last ten years this has begun to change dramatically, with studies focusing on a wide range of carbon sinks being carried out.

Today, the kauri is being considered as a long-term carbon sink.

Controlled burns on far north Australian savannas can result in an overall carbon sink.