Carbon dioxide sinks Since 1750, continuously increasing anthropogenic CO 2 emissions and land-use change have perturbed the natural carbon cycle. Of the 9.1 Pg C yr −1 (1 Pg C = 1 petagram or ...

Carbon, a building block of life, is constantly moving through different environmental compartments such as biota, the atmosphere, the ocean, soil and sediment, as part of what is called ‘the global ...

Soil carbon storage is a vital ecosystem service, resulting from interactions of ecological processes. Human activities affecting these processes can lead to carbon loss or improved storage.

Together with the oceans, they are one of the two most important carbon sinks, due to their capacity to store carbon in the soil and in tree biomass. As such, promoting fast-growing trees could ...

It does, however, encourage companies to buy carbon credits not directly linked to their supply chains to contribute to broader climate efforts. Supporters of carbon credits argue they are ...