The three are considered land carbon sinks because they have the ability to absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere for their natural processes.
However, a rapidly warming climate may be prohibiting the carbon sinks on land from performing effectively.
From 2010 to 2022, the collective land carbon sink removed, on average, two gigatons of carbon from the atmosphere each year.
Sign upA breaking pointThe collapse of land carbon sinks points to the substantial impact humans have had on the climate.
In some cases, traditional carbon sinks are becoming a source of emissions instead.

Earth's carbon sinks are collapsing