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The aim of the EU research project named CarboAfrica is trying to understand the complex carbon cycle of Africa's rich but endangered ecosystems. Researchers are studying the trees' wood and foliage. They want to know how many nutrients and how much CO2 these trees can absorb at different stages of their lives. The carbon cycle remains a mystery in most of sub-saharan Africa. No-one quite knows how much CO2 or other greenhouse gases the continent produces, or how much is absorbed by its range of ecosystems.