The carbon stored globally by plants is shorter-lived and more vulnerable to climate change than previously thought. Existing climate models underestimate the amount of CO2 taken up by vegetation globally each year, while overestimating how long that carbon remains there. Since carbon stored in living plants does not stay there as long as thought. It emphasizes that the potential for such nature-based carbon removal projects is limited, and fossil fuel emissions need to be ramped down quickly to minimize the impact of climate change.
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