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The large amount of carbon is locked up under the sea in the form of calciferous rock (limestone) formed by many small sea creatures dying, drifting to the ocean bed, and over many years of great pressure being turned into rock. Carbon is also stored in coral reefs.
The most carbon however is stored in the trees and plants. They photosynthesise (using carbon dioxide, H20 and of course sunlight - and producing carbohydrates and oxygen). The carbohydrate produced is either starch or glucose, and this is used in respiration to produce ATP. This ATP is used everywhere energy is required in the plant, and one of those places is in the ribosomes - where protein synthesis occurs. As such, the Carbon is used in the long run in the growth of plants.
A good estimate is that each tree stores up to 13 pounds of CO2 annually, and that half of a trees dry mass is made up of Carbon (mainly in the form of cellulose). Therefore, the most carbon is stored in trees.
Hope this helps, Owen Jones
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