With rising fossil fuel consumption and ongoing land cover change, humanity is burning through its remaining carbon budget. Recent work puts a ‘Do not disturb’ sign on biospheric carbon we can’t afford to lose.
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Thornton, P. Mapping classes of carbon. Nat Sustain 5, 7–8 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-021-00783-7
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