Huffington Post: Carbon Sinks Are The Next Big Thing
„These ecosystems are known as “carbon sinks”. They take carbon out of the air and store it away. It turns out that cutting carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from power plants and other human sources will not be enough to keep keep climate change at tolerable levels. We also need natural sinks — soils, wetlands, grasslands and forests – to perform what the experts call terrestrial biological carbon sequestration. A brief review of the science will help explain.“