AAP: PLANTS and soils absorbed one third of the carbon pollution released from burning fossil fuels in Australia over the past two decades, a CSIRO study has found.
But the report's main author said this didn't mean the environment was finding new ways of dealing with man-made climate change, warning the biosphere wouldn't be able to store excess carbon forever.
The three-year study saw scientists put a value on the amount of carbon cycled through the atmosphere from plants and soil "breathing"....