The urgency of addressing the climate crisis is unquestionably the main justification for
\nthe global push for technological fixes to reduce the concentration of greenhouse gases
\n(GHG) in the atmosphere and to explore carbon sinks to serve as permanent storage
\nfor these gases that cause global warming. Serious concerns on the costs, safety,
\nstability and permanence of using geological formations such as depleted oil wells, gas
\nreservoirs and coal mines as storage of carbon dioxide (CO\u2082) captured in carbon capture
\nand storage (CCS) systems \u2013 discussed in another Fact Sheet that we are producing as
\npart of this series – have led attention to natural or biological sinks, namely oceans,
\nforests and soils. A wide array of approaches, technologies and techniques have been
\npromoted to store CO\u2082 in these natural reservoirs over the past decades. Reforestation,
\nafforestation, agroforestry and many forest management approaches to revive and
\nmake trees, plants, soil and organic matters in forests as carbon storage. Mangrove
\nrestoration, marine conservation and even geoengineering technologies to enhance
\nocean alkalinity are being proposed to improve the biological sequestration capacity
\nof oceans, considered as the largest carbon sink absorbing up to 30% of global GHG
\nemissions. Soil has the highest long-term capacity to store CO\u2082 and approaches under
\nthe banner of carbon farming are proposed to enhance the natural capacity of soil to
\nabsorb and store carbon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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