Desert - CO2 sink

Researchers from Washington State University (USA) have discovered deserts and other arid ecosystems that also have the ability to attract impressive CO ₂ plants.

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Plants are always known for their ability to filter miraculous air, 'inhale' CO ₂ and 'exhale' O ₂ , and have been dubbed one of mankind's most powerful weapons in the fight against status. global warming.

However, the US team has just published a report showing that sand and plants live in hot and dry places can be responsible for absorbing CO2.

Unlike plants, the bushes of arid eco-vegetation store CO ₂ in the soil rich in microorganisms around the roots.

Experts have drawn conclusions when monitoring the reaction of the Mojave desert to the increased concentration of CO ₂ in the air, according to a report published in the Nature Climate Change journal.

They predict that along with the increase in CO2, the desert will likely absorb a large part of this emissions, and by 2015, the arid ecosystem can absorb 15 to 28% of the CO2. the surface of the Earth.