Sink

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-025657",
  "term": "Sink",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. Place in the environment where a compound or material collects.\n\n2. A place in the environment where a compound or material collects.\n\n3. Any process, activity or mechanism which removes a greenhouse gas, an aerosol or a precursor of a greenhouse gas or aerosol from the atmosphere.\n\n4. A reservoir that uptakes a pollutant from another part of its cycle. Soil and trees tend to act as natural sinks for carbon.\n\n5. A reservoir that uptakes a chemical element or compound from another part of its cycle. For example, soil and trees tend to act as natural sinks for carbon.\n\n6. Any process, activity, or mechanism that removes a greenhouse gas, an aerosol, or a precursor of a greenhouse gas or aerosol from the atmosphere. [Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Glossary, Third Assessment Report - Climate Change 2001 - Complete online versions]\n\n7. The process of providing storage for a substance. For example, plants--through photosynthesis--transform carbon dioxide in the air into organic matter, which either stays in the plants or is stored in the soils. The plants are a sink for carbon dioxide.",
  "subject": "Climate change",
  "references": [
    "RCRA Glossary of Terms; Terms of Environment",
    "Drinking Water Technical & Legal Terms",
    "Glossary of Climate Change Terms",
    "Greenhouse Gas Emissions",
    "NOAA Climate Program Office Glossary",
    "Glossary Climate Change Terms",
    "NOAA Science Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/sink/"
}