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Carbon sinks play a key role in slowing the growth of carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere. These sinks are at risk as the world warms, but their demise is not inevitable, say Dave Reay and his colleagues.

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  1. Dave Reay is at the School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JN, UK David.Reay@ed.ac.uk,
    Dave Reay
  2. Christopher Sabine is at the NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory,
    Christopher Sabine
  3. Pete Smith is at the University of Aberdeen,
    Pete Smith
  4. Graham Hymus is at Northern Arizona University.,
    Graham Hymus

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  1. Dave Reay
  2. Christopher Sabine
  3. Pete Smith
  4. Graham Hymus

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Reay, D., Sabine, C., Smith, P. et al. Spring-time for sinks.Nature 446, 727–728 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/446727a

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