By Ben Aris in Berlin Plants and trees ability to absorb carbon dioxide fell dramatically in 2023, due to increased heat stress in vegetation, a new study revealed. A “low latency carbon budget analysis” reveals a large decline in the land carbon sink in 2023, according to a new academic paper. A tree typically absorbs 25kg of CO₂ each year (although bamboo absorbs about a third more carbon than a tree) and globally trees absorb an estimated 7.6 gigatonnes of carbon, acting as a net carbon sink, removing greenhouse gases. “In 2023, the CO2 growth rate was 3.37 +/- 0.11 ppm at Mauna Loa [in Haw…