Skip to main content

Global Change Master Directory (GCMD)

Search from vocabulary

Content language

Concept information

... > Science Keywords > EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS > CARBON SEQUESTRATION

PREFERRED TERM

CARBON SEQUESTRATION  

DEFINITION

  • The term "carbon sequestration" is used to describe both natural and deliberate processes by which CO2 is either removed from the atmosphere or diverted from emission sources and stored in the ocean, terrestrial environments (vegetation, soils, and sediment), and geologic formations.

BROADER CONCEPT

ENTRY TERMS

  • Carbon uptake

CHANGE NOTE

  • 2019-09-11 10:22:33.0 [tstevens] Insert Concept add broader relation (CARBON SEQUESTRATION [e58872a8-6104-4ff8-bbca-4b00ba4b38e8,369157] - ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS [233a4d81-44f8-4b0e-8ad3-695f641729f8,361727]);
  • 2019-09-11 11:17:55.0 [tstevens] insert AltLabel (id: null category: null text: Carbon uptake language code: en); insert Definition (id: null text: Carbon sequestration is the process through which CO2 from the atmosphere is absorbed by various carbon sinks. Types of sinks include agricultural sinks, forests, geologic formations, oceanic sinks,as well as roots and within the soil. language code: en);
  • 2019-09-13 14:54:30.0 [tstevens] update Definition (The term "carbon sequestration" is used to describe both natural and deliberate processes by which CO2 is either removed from the atmosphere or diverted from emission sources and stored in the ocean, terrestrial environments (vegetation, soils, and sediment), and geologic formations.); update Definition (USGS Land Resources Website (https://www.usgs.gov/land-resources/carbon-sequestration?qt-programs_l2_landing_page=0#qt-programs_l2_landing_page).);

URI

https://gcmd.earthdata.nasa.gov/kms/concept/e58872a8-6104-4ff8-bbca-4b00ba4b38e8

Download this concept:

RDF/XML TURTLE JSON-LD