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carbon sink
carbon sink or carbon welln (Environmental Science) areas of vegetation, esp forests, and the phytoplankton-rich seas that absorb the carbon dioxide produced by the burning of fossil fuelsCarbon sink
carbon sink[′kär·bən ‚siŋk] (geochemistry) A reservoir that absorbs or takes up atmospheric carbon; for example, a forest or an ocean. Carbon sinkThe carbon reservoirs and conditions that take in and store more carbon (i.e., carbon sequestration) than they release. |