Can a carbon sink become a carbon source? The Carbon Accounting Reckoning looks at the carbon ledger behind forests, oceans, building materials, and climate policy, asking whether the systems we rely on to measure progress are making the situation look more comfortable than it is.

What if carbon sequestration is the next climate word everyone needs to understand? When the Pump Stops explains forests and oceans as the planet’s carbon pump, quietly moving carbon out of the atmosphere and into wood, roots, shells, and soil. But when forests burn, clearcuts fail to recover, or carbon sinks weaken, that pump can slow, stop, or even run backward.