Why Carbon Sequestration is Important?
As concern grows about the potential harmful impact of rising atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration, so does interest in “carbon sequestration” -the net removal of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere via photosynthesis and its storage in vegetation and soil – as a mitigation strategy to offset carbon emissions and abate climate change. While carbon sequestration is not a stand alone solution to rising atmospheric carbon dioxide and climate change, it is a useful strategy that can complement other solutions. Soil carbon sequestration is one potential tool for combating climate change, because soil and plants offer a large carbon sink. Researchers have suggested that globally, soils have the potential to sequester 24 percent of the total emissions from fossil fuel combustion. Earth’s soils contain roughly three times as much carbon as all plant biomass. How Soils Store Carbon? Carbon is stored as soil organic matter in soil clumps, or aggregates, for different lengths of time. These ag
