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单词 carbon sink
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carbon sink
noun[C]
environmentspecialized
uk
/ˈkɑː.bən ˌsɪŋk/us
/ˈkɑːr.bən ˌsɪŋk/
anareaofforestthat islargeenough toabsorblargeamountsofcarbondioxidefrom the earth'satmosphereandthereforetoreducetheeffectofglobalwarming
碳汇，碳库（可通过吸收地球大气中的二氧化碳减缓全球变暖的大片森林）
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Forestry
  • afforestation
  • agroforestry
  • arborist
  • brush
  • cut down
  • deforest
  • deforestation
  • disafforest
  • logging
  • old growth
  • ranger
  • reafforest
  • reafforestation
  • slash-and-burn
  • the treeline
  • tree-lined
  • undercut
  • understorey
  • woodcutter
  • woody
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(Definition ofcarbon sinkfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

carbon sink| Business English

carbon sink
noun[C]
uk
us
ENVIRONMENT
anareaofforestwhich islargeenough toabsorblargeamountsofcarbondioxidefrom theairandthereforetoreducetheeffectofglobalwarming:
Healthyforestsarecarbonsinks,pullingin moregreenhousegasesthan theyreleaseduringnaturaldecay.
(Definition ofcarbon sinkfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcarbon sink

carbon sink
Wood fibre products are a very precious natural resource and play a role in thecarbonsinkcycle.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
America is depending on developing world carbon sinks to keep its exports cheap and its industry subsidised.
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Biodiversity is essential to mitigating and adapting to climate change, given, for example, the role of land and sea ecosystems as major carbon sinks.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
Carbon sinks are also often people's homes, and ascribing their environment a carbon value would increase the threat to indigenous peoples' land rights.
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Carbon sinks lock in industrial greenhouse gas emissions temporarily—50 years is temporarily in terms of the history of the world.
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Reay's key peer reviewed publications include novel work on global carbon sinks, the soil methane sink, and nitrous oxide emissions from aquatic systems.
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The mats described here are a potential coastalcarbonsinkthat, while small on a global scale, have not been accounted for previously.
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Recycling residues provides nutrients, helps prevent erosion, and enhances the soilcarbonsink.
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High altitude tropical secondary forests: a competitivecarbonsink?
From theCambridge English Corpus
Forests and all wood products are a considerablecarbonsink, and their importance in this respect has to be recognised.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
Forests, when they are well maintained, provide the maincarbonsinkand play a vital role in combating climate change.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
The more often they are recycled, the better they fulfil theircarbonsinkfunction.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
I have also contributed to creating a newcarbonsinkin my area by planting 850 trees last year.
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These could includecarbonsinkor land use projects, transportation, infrastructure and equipment, and improvements in efficiency.
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In the 1970s the tundra was acarbonsink, but today, it is a carbon source.
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