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Cement's dual role in the carbon cycle: emitter and long-term sink

This reasoning chain explains how the processes of cement production and carbonation interact dynamically at global scale, turning cement materials into both a major industrial CO2 source and an overlooked, substantial carbon sink, offsetting a large fraction of its process emissions over time.

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80%
partialactivecomplexity: mid

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