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Can humans be considered carbon sinks? If so, for how long? What living organisms are better long-term sinks than humans?

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Carbon sinks can be natural or man-made. They absorb more carbon than they release, whereas carbon source is anything that releases more carbon than they absorb. ... Together Earth's land and Ocean sinks absorb half of the carbon dioxide emissions.

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Humans can be considered carbon sinks - yes, for a lifetime.

living organisms are better long-term sinks than humans - plants or trees.

Carbon sink

  • anything that absorbs more carbon from the atmosphere than it releases
  • it is the opposite of a carbon source as a carbon source is anything that releases more carbon than it absorbs
  • Humans release carbon mainly by respiration, however, absorbs very less amount as food
  • Plants grab carbon dioxide from the atmosphere to use in photosynthesis and only some of this carbon is released to the soil when plants die and decompose

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