ScienceDaily: China’s terrestrial ecosystems have absorbed 28 to 37% of its fossil fuel emissions during the 1980s and 1990s. A new study has found that terrestrial ecosystems in China are a net sink of 0.19–0.26 PgC yr-1 during the 1980s and 1990s (1 Pg C = 1015 g C). This accumulation of carbon in Chinese ecosystems is comparable to that observed in geographic Europe but smaller than that in the conterminous United States. This carbon sink is mainly located over southern China. This region …