Sentence examples for significant sink from inspiring English sources

Oxidation by Cl would then represent a significant sink for alkanes and dimethylsulfide (DMS) in the marine boundary layer.

Organic sediments are known to be a significant sink of inorganic elements in polluted freshwater ecosystems.

Deep soil layers can be a significant sink of soil organic carbon and an important source of soil moisture and nutrients for crop growth.

These consortia are globally distributed in the environment and provide a significant sink for methane by substantially reducing the export of this potent greenhouse gas into the atmosphere.

Environmental lead contamination is prevalent in urban areas where soil represents a significant sink and pathway of exposure.

Reclaimed mined lands can provide significant sink for atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) through C assimilation in vegetation biomass, formation and accumulation of SOM.

n-C4F10 and n-C5F12 were also measured in samples collected in the stratosphere with the data indicating that they have no significant sinks in this region.

Overall, the Freedom Park wetlands are significant sinks of nutrients with phosphorus concentrations decreasing by 55% and nitrogen concentrations by 26%.

Results showed that the investigated steppes were significant sinks for CH4, with an uptake flux of 1.12 3.36 kg ha− 1 over the grass growing season and that the magnitude of CH4 uptake significantly (P < 0.05) decreased with increasing N deposition rates.

This residence time is consistent with the 0.7-year value recently calculated for CH3Br from the combined strength estimates for its known significant sinks.

It is unclear; however, how much NO2-/NO3 would be advected into the crust, especially in the presence of such significant sinks as the reduction by Fe(II) [5].