(A) Photosynthesis in land plants fixes atmospheric CO2 (inorganic carbon) as organic carbon, which is either stored as plant biomass or in soil, or is decomposed back to CO2 through plant and ...

To know whether we are complying with emission treaties, all CO 2 must be traceable. Incomplete bookkeeping recently sent ...

Of this amount, nearly 80% (2500 GT) is found in soil (Lal 2008). Soil carbon can be either organic (1550 GT) or inorganic carbon (950 GT). The latter consists of elemental carbon and carbonate ...

The tides rise about twice daily to flood the marsh with seawater. While a single plant is capable of fixing inorganic carbon dioxide (CO 2) from the air, the entire ecosystem surrounding the ...

Inorganic chemistry is concerned with the properties and behavior of inorganic compounds, which include metals, minerals, and organometallic compounds. While organic chemistry is defined as the study ...

Carbon (C): Carbon, a nonmetallic element, forms a number of organic and inorganic compounds and can be found in coal, petroleum and limestone. It is the principle strengthening element in carbon ...

A fraction of this carbon makes its way to the deep ocean, where it is recycled back into inorganic carbon and stored, isolated from the atmosphere. The flux of carbon to the deep ocean can be ...