UN agency: CO2 levels hit record high last year, causing more extreme weather

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2. "The [CO2] sinks which we have, they started failing," ... "The Amazon indeed is emitting CO2"

Natural land sinks [for CO2], including the Amazon, remove about one-quarter of the carbon dioxide in the air and the world’s oceans suck up another quarter, she said.
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“The sinks which we have, they started failing,” Tarasova said. “The Amazon indeed is emitting CO2, despite the general understanding that if you have a tree, it should absorb.”

“What also may happen is that at a certain point we may flip over the tipping point and then the whole Amazon forest just starts dying.”
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WMO said. It noted that concentrations of methane and nitrous oxide — other greenhouse gases caused by human activity — have also hit record levels.