The map may help scientists build an inventory of how much of the carbon dioxide people release by burning fossil fuels gets stored by trees around the world.
此地图可以帮助科学家们了解人类燃烧化石燃料所释放的二氧化碳，有多少被全球的树木吸收贮存起来。
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Tropical forest trees are absorbing about 18% of the carbon dioxide added to the atmosphere each year from burning fossil fuels, substantially buffering the rate of change.
每年化石燃料燃烧产生并排放到大气中的碳排放，有18%被热带森林吸收了，大大减缓了碳排放的增加速率。
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Derek BaconTreethanol has particular appeal in countries that have a lot of trees and import a lot of fossil fuel.