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One of Earth’s most vital carbon sinks is faltering. Can we save it?


For decades, forest, grasslands and other land ecosystems have collectively absorbed up to a third of the carbon dioxide we emit each year - but this climate buffer may be collapsing far sooner than anyone expected

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