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Scientists are alarmed by signs of collapse in Earth's natural carbon sinks

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Scientists are alarmed by signs of collapse in Earth's natural carbon sinks

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Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.net · 5 months ago

Plants, trees, and soil absorbed almost no net CO2 last year. If this continues, we're in bigger trouble than we thought.

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No matter how bad it gets, the moon and mars will never be more inhabitable than earth

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