Carbon is the basic unit of measure here; in the atmosphere we talk about CO2 because, as the end product of a wide variety of litho- and biochemical reactions, that's its most common form and the most important greenhouse gas. Wikipedia has several good articles:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_dioxide_sink http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_dioxide Ben On 3/7/07 12:52 PM, "L.S.O." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm a bit confused about what people mean when they talk about carbon > sequestration. In some papers it seems to refer to atmoshpheric carbon dioxide > uptake, other times it seems to refer to the ability of soils or plants to > store carbon. So, generally speaking does "carbon sequestration" refer to CO2 > or C?
