The Amazon Is Almost Fully Saturated, And Could Flip to Emitting Carbon
in 15 Years
PATRICK GALEY, AFP5 MAR 2020
The world's tropical forests are rapidly losing their ability to absorb
carbon dioxide from greenhouse gas emissions, with the Amazon rainforest
at risk of turning from carbon sink to source within 15 years,
researchers warned Wednesday.

Tropical forests provide humans with medicine, food, shelter and water
and currently account for around half of all terrestrial carbon absorption.

But they are rapidly getting saturated as manmade emissions continue to
climb year on year.

Forests act as a carbon sink when the amount of carbon retrieved through
photosynthesis outweighs that emitted by tree loss €“ be that through
fire, drought or deforestation.

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