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Daily Mail: Dryland ecosystems such as deserts play a more important role in the global carbon cycle than previously thought, research has revealed.
And one of the biggest contributors, responsible for a huge spike in the amount of CO2 absorbed in 2011, is located in Australia.
The findings suggest that the Australian Outback, when exposed to increased rainfall and in turn grows more vegetation, could become a giant 'carbon sink' and might even be a major driver for global carbon absorption.
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Does the solution to global warming lie in Australia?
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on May 24th, 2014
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