{"id":11149,"date":"2012-05-25T14:06:56","date_gmt":"2012-05-25T19:06:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/?p=11149"},"modified":"2012-05-25T14:06:56","modified_gmt":"2012-05-25T19:06:56","slug":"in-photos-carbon-sinks-across-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/2012\/05\/25\/in-photos-carbon-sinks-across-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"In Photos: Carbon Sinks Across the World"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-11149 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/2012\/05\/25\/in-photos-carbon-sinks-across-the-world\/view-of-the-pantanal-from-the-cidade-de\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/files\/2012\/05\/144023856-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-11151\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/files\/2012\/05\/144023856-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/files\/2012\/05\/144023856-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/files\/2012\/05\/144023856-60x60.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-11151'>\n\t\t\t\tView of the Pantanal from the Cidade de Pedra viewpoint in the Chapada dos Guimaraes national park, Mato Grosso state, western Brazil on January 30, 2011.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/2012\/05\/25\/in-photos-carbon-sinks-across-the-world\/in-this-photograph-taken-on-october-16\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/files\/2012\/05\/105626048-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-11152\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/files\/2012\/05\/105626048-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/files\/2012\/05\/105626048-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/files\/2012\/05\/105626048-60x60.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-11152'>\n\t\t\t\tIn this photograph taken on October 16, 2010 during an aerial survey mission by Greenpeace over Sumatra island shows a rainforest canopy of Sungai Sembilang National Park. \n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/2012\/05\/25\/in-photos-carbon-sinks-across-the-world\/planetsolar-achieves-the-first-around-th\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/files\/2012\/05\/143820843-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-11153\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/files\/2012\/05\/143820843-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/files\/2012\/05\/143820843-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/files\/2012\/05\/143820843-60x60.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-11153'>\n\t\t\t\tPlanetSolar achieves the first around the world with only solar energy, on May 4, 2012 in Monaco. The biggest solar boat ever built progressed through Atlantic Sea, Panama canal, Pacific Ocean and is back to Mediterranean Sea through Suez Canal.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/2012\/05\/25\/in-photos-carbon-sinks-across-the-world\/picture-taken-on-december-2-2010-shows\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/files\/2012\/05\/107334742-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-11154\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/files\/2012\/05\/107334742-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/files\/2012\/05\/107334742-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/files\/2012\/05\/107334742-60x60.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-11154'>\n\t\t\t\tPicture taken on December 2, 2010 shows a flock of  Great Cromonent birds flying over to Rapati River in Chitwan National Park, some 200 km southwest of Kathmandu.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/2012\/05\/25\/in-photos-carbon-sinks-across-the-world\/a-great-white-cloud-reflected-on-a-pond-at-the-hotel-princeville-resort-in-kauai-hawaii\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/files\/2012\/05\/89449476-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-11155\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/files\/2012\/05\/89449476-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/files\/2012\/05\/89449476-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/files\/2012\/05\/89449476-60x60.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-11155'>\n\t\t\t\tA great white cloud reflected on a pond at the hotel Princeville Resort in Kauai (Hawaii).\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/2012\/05\/25\/in-photos-carbon-sinks-across-the-world\/the-dyes-slaughterhouse-part-of-the-historic-dyes\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/files\/2012\/05\/55810036-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-11156\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/files\/2012\/05\/55810036-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/files\/2012\/05\/55810036-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/files\/2012\/05\/55810036-60x60.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-11156'>\n\t\t\t\tThe Dyes Slaughterhouse, part of the historic Dyes Store Butchery complex just outside of Kaukapakapa, New Zealand, today, Wednesday 19 May 2004.  \n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/2012\/05\/25\/in-photos-carbon-sinks-across-the-world\/a-cameraman-films-the-sea-21-november-20\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/files\/2012\/05\/144127734-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-11157\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/files\/2012\/05\/144127734-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/files\/2012\/05\/144127734-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/files\/2012\/05\/144127734-60x60.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-11157'>\n\t\t\t\tA cameraman films the sea 21 November 2002 at the oil-covered Fuera beach in cape Finisterre, northwestern Spain.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>What&#8217;s a carbon sink? It&#8217;s a process where the\u00a0earth soaks up atmospheric carbon, which there is more and more of in the world. Those &#8220;sinks&#8221; take the form of forests and oceans, and a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/view\/generic\/id\/340710\/title\/Natural_sinks_still_sopping_up_carbon\">new study<\/a> we<a href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/2012\/05\/17\/report-worlds-carbon-sinks-not-completely-clogged\/\"> reported on last week<\/a> says that,\u00a0contrary to previous research, the earth\u2019s ability to soak up carbon has \u201cincreased roughly in line with rising emissions.\u201d So herewith is a slideshow of some of those carbon sinks that are helping to eat up some of the carbon in the atmosphere.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What&#8217;s a carbon sink? It&#8217;s a process where the\u00a0earth soaks up atmospheric carbon, which there is more and more of in the world. Those &#8220;sinks&#8221; take the form of forests and oceans, and a new study we reported on last week says that,\u00a0contrary to previous research, the earth\u2019s ability to soak up carbon has \u201cincreased [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":87,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[58],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11149"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/87"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11149"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11149\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/texas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}