Nature helps curb the global warming

The results of a group of American scientists published in the August 1 issue of Nature show that, during 1960-2010, greenhouse gases in the atmosphere were ocean and Absorption land has doubled.

This proves that nature plays an increasingly important role in curbing global warming.

Scientists say in 2010, oceans, plants and land absorbed carbon estimated at 5 billion tons, compared with 2.4 billion tons in 1960.

Over the past 50 years, nature has absorbed 55% of man-made greenhouse gas emissions, totaling 350 billion tons, of which mainly carbon dioxide (CO ₂ ), emitted from fossil fuel burning activities.

Mr. Corinne Le Quere, co-chair of the Global Carbon Project, a project that brings together scientists around the world, also confirmed that the figures are almost matching the data that the organization collected. In fact, land plants and marine areas all use carbon to grow, even seawater also absorbs carbon dioxide.

The study also removed comments from recent reports, suggesting that the soil and ocean carbon absorption rates have not changed or decreased in recent decades. The problem is that while oceans and soil double the amount of carbon, the man-made emissions quadruple in the last 50 years, including China, the United States, and the European Union. and India is the place with the largest emissions.

Since the industrial revolution came into being, global average temperatures have risen 0.8 degrees Celsius. Asley Ballantyne, of the US team, said "if the Earth doesn't absorb such a large amount of carbon then surely people have suffered from hotter temperatures many times over the past 50 years. "