Auscandoc<p>One of Earth's major <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/CarbonSinks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CarbonSinks</span></a> collapsed in 2023 | New Scientist <a href="https://www.newscientist.com/article/2440453-one-of-earths-major-carbon-sinks-collapsed-in-2023/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">newscientist.com/article/24404</span><span class="invisible">53-one-of-earths-major-carbon-sinks-collapsed-in-2023/</span></a> “Extreme <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/heat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>heat</span></a>, <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/drought" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>drought</span></a> and <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/wildfires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildfires</span></a> <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/caused" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>caused</span></a> forests and other land ecosystems to emit almost as much <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/CarbonDioxide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CarbonDioxide</span></a> as they removed from the atmosphere in 2023, nearly canceling out a major natural sink of the <a href="https://med-mastodon.com/tags/GreenhouseGas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreenhouseGas</span></a>.</p><p>Is climate change accelerating and is it worse than we expected? (1/2)</p>