print email comment close Carbon Sequestration URL: http://cdiac2.esd.ornl.gov Description: Description of projects investigating the potential for carbon sequestration. "Carbon sequestration refers to the provision of long-term storage of carbon in the terrestrial biosphere, underground, or the oceans so that the buildup of carbon dioxide (the principal greenhouse gas) concentration in the atmosphere will reduce or slow." Includes a poster with an overview of the global carbon cycle and related research efforts. From the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science. Publisher: U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science Extra Keywords global warming CO2 Library of Congress Subject Headings: Carbon cycle (Biogeochemistry) Carbon sequestration Greenhouse gases LII Database Information: Record 4739 created by Maria Brandt on 06/10/2005 Last modification on 06/13/2005 Published: 06/10/2005   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/4739