sinks

n.

plumbing fixture consisting of a water basin fixed to a wall or floor and having a drainpipe

(technology) a process that acts to absorb or remove energy or a substance from a system

"the ocean is a sink for carbon dioxide"

a depression in the ground communicating with a subterranean passage (especially in limestone) and formed by solution or by collapse of a cavern roof

同义词：sinkholeswallow hole

a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it

同义词：cesspoolcesspitsump

Oceanic sinks for anthropogenic CO2
Sources, Sinks, and Population Regulation
FOREST CARBON SINKS IN THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE
), ‘Source, Sinks, and Population Regulation’
Trends in the sources and sinks of carbon dioxide
Old-growth forests as global carbon sinks
Sources, Sinks, and Habitat Selection: A Landscape Perspective on Population Dynamics
Reproductive Success of Migratory Birds in Habitat Sources and Sinks
Removal of homeostatic cytokine sinks by lymphodepletion enhances the efficacy of adoptively transferred tumor-specific CD8+ T cells.
Sources of fine organic aerosol. 3. Road dust, tire debris, and organometallic brake lining dust: roads as sources and sinks