Appendix B: Carbon Sequestration as a Method of Impact What is carbon sequestration? Carbon dioxide is the most commonly
oceans and trees each absorb 25%
produced greenhouse gas. Carbon
carbon dioxide emitted), geological
sequestration is the process of capturing
sequestering (process of storing
and storing atmospheric carbon dioxide. It
carbon dioxide in rocks) and
is one method of reducing the amount of
technological sequestering (advanced
carbon dioxide in the atmosphere with the
technology that will allow capturing
goal of reducing global climate change.
carbon from the air).
We know that human activities are linked
43% of Fellows are actively
to the changes occurring in our “natural
sequestering carbon, making it one of
greenhouse.” Our ability to not only
the top methods of impact across all
reduce or eliminate our greenhouse gas
respondents. Fellows are transforming
emissions, but sequester carbon, holds
the way they—and their communities
the potential to transform innovations
— work by exploring the way carbon
from carbon negative to positive. There
sequestration can be applied to
are three possible ways to sequester
traditional industries like fishing
carbon – biological sequestering (currently
and construction.
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