carbon sequestration

carbon sequestration

1. Definition: a natural or artificial process by which carbon dioxide is removed from the atmosphere and held in solid or liquid form.

2. Carbon sources and carbon sinks. Anthropogenic activities such as the burning of fossil fuels have released carbon from its long-term geologic storage as coal, petroleum, and natural gas and have delivered it to the atmosphere as carbon dioxide gas

   • Natural

3. Carbon dioxide (CO2) capture and sequestration (CCS) is a set of technologies that can greatly reduce CO2 emissions from new and existing coal- and gas-fired power plants and large industrial sources.

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