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Forests could flip from sink to source of CO2 [1]

Forests that today soak up a quarter of carbon pollution spewed into the atmosphere could soon become a net source of CO2 if Earth

Publication Date: 
20/04/2009
Daily Times (Pakistan) [2]
Tags:
Ecosystems [3], Forests [4], Carbon Dioxide [5], Climate Change [6], IPCC [7], Global Warming [8], Carbon Sinks [9], Drought [10], Migration [11]
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