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?

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