Environment & Ecology · Climate Change & Carbon Sequestration
In the context of environmental services, how is the process of carbon sequestration fundamentally achieved by forest trees?
- 1By releasing oxygen as a byproduct of photosynthesis to balance atmospheric gases
- 2By absorbing atmospheric carbon dioxide and storing it as biomass and in the soil✓
- 3By intercepting rainfall to increase evaporation back into the atmosphere
- 4By utilizing leaf litter to create a layer of sand-fixation on the forest floor
Correct answer
By absorbing atmospheric carbon dioxide and storing it as biomass and in the soil
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