Without plants, Earth would cook under billions of tons of additional carbon

Wednesday, October 16, 2013 - 14:30 in Earth & Climate

Researchers found that Earth's terrestrial ecosystems have absorbed 186 billion to 192 billion tons of carbon since the mid-20th century, which has significantly contained the global temperature and levels of carbon in the atmosphere.

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