Nature Climate Change, Published online: 23 September 2024; doi:10.1038/s41558-024-02119-7

Tropical aboveground carbon is a crucial yet complex component of the terrestrial carbon budget. Here, remote observations reveal annual losses (from fire emissions and forest disturbances) and post-loss recovery of tropical aboveground carbon for 2010–2020, which overall resulted in tropical lands being a moderate carbon sink.
Nature Climate Change