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Earth Absorbs Increasing Amounts of CO2
October 14, 2012 | University of Colorado Boulder

“Despite sharp increases in carbon dioxide emissions by humans in recent decades that are warming the planet, Earth’s vegetation and oceans continue to soak up about half of them.” Quoted from the University of Colorado Boulder press release.


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