Claim(permalink)
Spekboom is more effective than the Amazon rainforest at sucking carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere
✓africa-check rating: not credible; published on 2020-03-03
Factors
veracity
not credible
Political Leaning
left political leaning
Sentiment
neutral sentiment
Date published
2020-03-03
Entities
MarsEcosystemPort ElizabethCellular respirationSucculent plantRainforestSemi-arid climateTropical rainforestLimpopoEastern CapeEswatiniMpumalangaKwaZulu-NatalAlice and BobMozambiqueSolar energyFungusWestern CapeJohannesburgSpeciesBacteriaAmazon rainforestOxygenScotlandAfricaCarbon dioxideSocial mediaSouth AfricaChief executive officerHectareBrazilMyron ScholesPrimary productionNelson Mandela UniversityCarbon sequestrationRestoration ecologyGreen LeavesClimate changeBotanyPhotosynthesisCarbon sinkBiomeHerbivoreThicketBiomassTemperate climateUniversity of EdinburghUniversity of the WitwatersrandAmazon basinGaius MariusCarbon cycle