Forests continue to absorb atmospheric carbon for centuries if left undisturbed.

Some, like the Conservation Fund, plant trees to absorb carbon.

More trees will help absorb carbon dioxide produced by power plants that burn fossil fuels.

Through photosynthesis, all green plants absorb carbon to grow.

Growing plants, in turn, absorb carbon from the air, so this will slow the global warming.

Do the numbers this paper comes up with (6 over 20k years) take into account possible changes in the oceans' capacity to absorb carbon?

The trees absorb carbon which has a cooling effect.

Measures to conserve and plant new forests, which absorb carbon, are already being discussed by public officials.

They point to uncertainties about how long plants and soils could continue to absorb carbon.

Trees absorb carbon from the atmosphere, and store it as wood.