In 2013 to 2014, ERDB assessed the
carbon sink potential of bamboos for mitigating the effects of climate change.
'The
carbon sink reserve should serve as a model to other private land owners on how to restore selected parts of their lands to strengthen the balance between forest and non-forest use,' Granert said.
And early research shows it could have an impact on the oceanic
carbon sink. There's increasing evidence, the CIEL researchers found, of microplastic being consumed by plankton.
Largescale reforestation programmes in China are also making a major contribution to this
carbon sink.
Over time, this process creates a high level of peata accumulated dead vegetation that acts as a huge
carbon sink, absorbing carbon from the atmosphere.
For this reason, large forested areas of the Earth, such as the Amazon basin, are important "
carbon sinks".
The researchers found that yearly variations in the
carbon sink strongly correlated with variations in plant respiration.
Relatively young carbon isn't definitive proof that desert irrigation is a
carbon sink, says biogeochemist Akihiro Koyama of Algoma University in Sault Ste.
said the
carbon sink project is a critical component in order for the firm to succeed.
The green belt in England helps to preserve the natural environment and provides a haven for wildlife and a
carbon sink.
In addition, it will take decades for newly planted trees to mature, replace the felled trees, and once again act as a
carbon sink. In the meantime, burning the timber will release large quantities of stored carbon into the atmosphere.