Orme de Merisiers

May 17, 2024 | cell.com | Philippe Ciais |Dryland Farming |Orme de Merisiers

Highlights•A model with forest age dynamics was used to estimate carbon sink•China’s terrestrial carbon sink in the 2010s was estimated as 198 ± 54 Tg C yr−1•Forest aging and the slowdown of atmospheric CO2 growth limit future carbon sinkScience for societyForest carbon sinks are vital in efforts to mitigate climate change, as they absorb a considerable amount of human-emitted carbon dioxide.