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According to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change,
Carbon sequestration is
The process of removing carbon from the atmosphere and depositing it in a reservoir.
Carbon dioxide (CO2) is naturally removed from the atmosphere and stored through biological, chemical and physical processes. Scientists hope to mimic some of these natural processes in order to capture and store carbon dioxide safely and permanently.
Biological ways of storing carbon dioxide:
- Peat bogs store large amounts of CO2. More could be established.
- Forestry, planting trees that will absorb and hold the CO2 for ever.
- Agriculture, adapting farming practices to enable the soil to hold more and more CO2, like plowing stubble back into the soil instead of burning it, etc.
- Ocean-related, adding iron or urea, or by mixing layers of water to encourage algae blooms
Chemical ways of storing carbon dioxide:
- Reacting CO2 with abundant metal oxides like magnesium oxide (MgO) or calcium oxide (CaO) to form stable carbonates.
- Newly developed cement can absorb CO2 from the air during hardening.
- Oil shale ash is being used in Estonia as an absorbentfor CO2 mineral sequestration.
- The injecting of CO2 into deep ocean formations. The CO2 first mixes with seawater and then reacts with basalt resulting in the release of Ca2+ and Mg2+ ions forming stable carbonate minerals.
Physical ways of storing carbon dioxide:
- Biomass, removing and storing CO2 from biomass as it is burnt. CO2 from coal would be compressed and pumped underground into empty oil and natural gas reservoirs.
- Burial. Burying biomass, eg, trees, mimics the process that initiated fossil fuels. Landfill is also a way of burying biomass.
- Biochar burial. Turning biomass into charcoal and adding it to agricultural soils.
- Ocean storage. Rivers move vast amounts of vegetation into the ocean where it sinks to the bottom. Burying crop waste at sea would store the carbon, though international laws governing waste might prevent this.
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What is the difference between carbon sinks and sequestration?
Carbon sequestration refers to the process of capture and long term storage of the atmospheric carbon dioxide. The carbon sink refers to the natural or artificial reservoir that accumulates and stores some carbon-containing chemical compound for an indefinite period.
How do you chemically netrulize CO2?
Chemicals are part of this environmental mess we call the 21st century. Plants can suck it up from the atmosphere. Check out carbon sequestration. One of the best plants for carbon sequestration is cannabis.
What is soil carbon sequestration?
Soil carbon sequestration is a process that is being used to try to to 'store' all the extra carbon that is being released into the atmosphere. There are lots of different ideas about how to do it. One way they are trying to do is by turning biomass into charcoal (which retains the CO2). The charcoal is then plowed into agricultural soil, burying the carbon dioxide.
Can carbon sequestration reduce global warming?
because when you breathe in oxygen it comes back out as carbon dioxide so if more trees are being cut down (deforestation) then how will we produce carbon dioxide because we don't have no oxygen. The whole point is oxygen comes from trees.
What is considered a carbon sink?
A carbon sink is a natural or artificial storage for carbon dioxide. The largest carbon sinks are the oceans and other open water sources, and plants. Artificial sinks are landfills and underground sequestration facilities such as depleted oil and gas wells.
Where does carbon sequestration occur?
Carbon sequestration is part of the carbon cycle, so it could be said that is where it occurs. The carbon cycle refers to the circulation of carbon atoms in the biosphere.
What different methods of carbon sequestration?
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What is the difference between carbon sinks and sequestration?
Carbon sequestration refers to the process of capture and long term storage of the atmospheric carbon dioxide. The carbon sink refers to the natural or artificial reservoir that accumulates and stores some carbon-containing chemical compound for an indefinite period.
Will Carbon Sequestration increase ocean acidification?
Only if it is sequestered in the ocean. Carbon sequestration usually means storing the carbon dioxide underground in permanent water-and gas-tight reservoirs. This is a bold plan, but it has not yet been done successfully.
How do you chemically netrulize CO2?
Chemicals are part of this environmental mess we call the 21st century. Plants can suck it up from the atmosphere. Check out carbon sequestration. One of the best plants for carbon sequestration is cannabis.
What has the author Raul Ponce-Hernandez written?
Raul Ponce-Hernandez has written: 'Assessing carbon stocks and modelling win-win scenarios of carbon sequestration through land-use changes' -- subject- s -: Biological diversity, Carbon content, Carbon sequestration, Land use, Soils
What is soil carbon sequestration?
Soil carbon sequestration is a process that is being used to try to to 'store' all the extra carbon that is being released into the atmosphere. There are lots of different ideas about how to do it. One way they are trying to do is by turning biomass into charcoal (which retains the CO2). The charcoal is then plowed into agricultural soil, burying the carbon dioxide.
How carbon sequestration can be considered as an ecosystem service?
It offsets all the carbon we and other animals in the ecosystem exhale. Carbon from the emitted carbon dioxide is taken and used for energy (glucose) production in plants. These plants emit oxygen as waste which we inhale and use for metabolism. This is essentially the carbon and oxygen cycle in our ecosystem but there are other major players as well as other important cycles (like the water and nitrogen cycles) that are intertwined with carbon sequestration. Additionally, carbon sequestration is responsible for lowering atmospheric carbon monoxide levels as well as methane and carbon dioxide levels; two important greenhouse gases.
What has the author M Granger Morgan written?
M. Granger Morgan has written: 'Uncertainty' -- subject(s): Mathematical models, Policy sciences, Risk, Uncertainty 'Carbon capture and sequestration' -- subject(s): Law and legislation, Carbon sequestration
What has the author Ralph Fitzgerand written?
Ralph Fitzgerand has written: 'Geologic carbon dioxide storage' -- subject(s): Geological carbon sequestration
Is pumping carbon into the ocean carbon sequestration?
No, carbon sequestration is a plan to capture carbon dioxide from fossil fuel power plants before it reaches the atmosphere, compress it and pump it underground into supposedly secure locations where it will remain forever and never escape. The owners of the fossil fuel power plants, who desperately want to continue burning coal, are particularly hopeful that this plan will work.
What method is preventing the escape into the atmosphere of carbon dioxide from fossil fuel power plants?
ScrubbingClean coal captureCarbon sequestration
