BendiNewsTest: Researchers discover massive new carbon sink that stores GHG emissions

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Wednesday, July 29, 2015

Researchers discover massive new carbon sink that stores GHG emissions

A new study suggests that an unlikely source is holding on to more carbon than all the plants on land: massive aquifers under the world’s deserts. This kind of “carbon sink” is a phenomenon researchers have been aware of for some time, but new data reveals how much carbon might be captured in the desert, and the report’s authors suggest that this information can help determine the amount of fossil fuels humans can burn before exceeding the planet’s capacity.