Emissions
The total emissions of carbon pollution from human sources for 2011 was about 50 gigatons. Terrestrial GHG (Green House Gas) sinks took up about 20 gigatons. Therefore, human processes in 2011 had net emissions about 30 gigatons (30,000,000,000 tons) of carbon pollution. So, worldwide, about 40% of carbon pollution is being sequestered by sinks. You ask, “Is that good news?”
No, but it could be worse.