Carbon sinks
Carbon sinks are Carbon reservoirs and conditions that take-in and store more carbon (i.e., carbon sequestration) than they release. Carbon sinks can serve to partially offset greenhouse gas emissions. Forests and oceans are large Carbon sinks. See carbon sequestration.
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Sequestration in the environmental context refers to the process of capturing and storing carbon dioxide . . . Read More | |
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A Carbon sequestration is the uptake and storage of carbon. Trees and plants, for example, absorb carbon . . . Read More | |
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Cause: A "cause" refers to the underlying reason or factor that leads to an environmental issue or problem. . . . Read More | |
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Deforestation: A Deforest ation is Those practices or processes that result in the change of forested . . . Read More | |
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A Carbon cycle is all carbon reservoirs and exchanges of carbon from reservoir to reservoir by various . . . Read More | |
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A Lifetime (Atmospheric) is the lifetime of a greenhouse gas refers to the approximate amount of time . . . Read More | |
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SOC in the environmental context stands for "Soil Organic Carbon." It refers to the organic carbon present . . . Read More | |
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A Power plants is a facility (plant) that produce energy. In the context of the environment, "power plants" . . . Read More | |
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Smelting in the environmental context refers to the process of extracting a base metal from its ore by . . . Read More | |
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Greenhouse gases are relating to gases such as water vapor, carbon dioxide, tropospheric ozone, nitrous . . . Read More | |