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Sink
Any process, activity or mechanism which removes a greenhouse gas, an aerosol or a precursor of a greenhouse gas from the atmosphere.
Validity of the definition
- 1 January 1900 - 31 October 2023
Source organisation
- Tilastokeskus
Related concepts
Any process, action or mechanism that absorbs greenhouse gases from the atmosphere. A carbon stock to which more carbon accumulates than is released into the atmosphere or transferred to another stock can also be called a sink.
The annual accumulation of the carbon stock is called removal (removal of carbon from the atmosphere) for which sink is also used as a synonym, even if it is a question of the annual accumulation of the sink stock.
Statistics using the definition
Validity of the definition
- Valid
Source organisation
- Tilastokeskus
Related concepts
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