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Carbon Sequestering – a process whereby trees and other plants remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and through photosynthesis, turn it into plant material.
Carbon sequestration refers to the provision of long-term storage of carbon in the terrestrial biosphere, underground, or the oceans so that the buildup of carbon dioxide (the principal greenhouse gas) concentration in the atmosphere will reduce or slow.
SequesteringCarbon in Underground Geologic Repositories: Geosciences research related to understanding the geophysics and geochemistry of potential reservoirs appropriate for subsurface sequestration of carbon dioxide.
Carbon Sequestration in the Oceans: Enhancing the net oceanic uptake from the atmosphere by fertilization of phytoplankton with nutrients, and injecting CO to ocean depths greater than 1000 meters.
Although carbon uptake by photosynthesis eventually declines as trees age, many mature forests continue to sequestercarbon in their soils.
When forests are degraded or cleared, their stored carbon is released back to the atmosphere during harvest and through respiration, thus these forests are net contributors of carbon to the atmosphere.
Measures to promote voluntary carbon sequestration on private forest and agricultural lands could be an effective means to increase participation and learning by farmers and forest land-owners in mitigating climate change.
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