carbon sink

常见例句

How this will affect the global carbon sink remains to be established.
它将如何影响全球碳沉积还有待确认。
The discovery reverses what was thought of as a carbon sink into a carbon source.
相反那些被发现的碳类物质进入到地下使碳汇变成碳源
Lake sediment nevertheless constitutes an important "carbon sink," serving to store - sometimes for a very long time - a significant portion of the carbon-containing material that does not decompose.
然而湖泊沉积物又是一个重要的“碳汇 ”，用来存储 - 有时存储很长的时间 - 相当大部分不能分解的含碳物质。

For those interested, CleanBeta will be posting more about the missing carbon sink later this week .
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