What is Carbon sequestration?
[[File:Carbon sequestration.jpg|thumb|right|300px|{{Center|[[Illustration]] showing both terrestrial and geological sequestration of carbon dioxide}}]] '''Carbon sequestration''' is the [[wikt:process|process]] of [[wikt:capture|capturing]] [[carbon dioxide]] (CO<sub>2</sub>) gas in the [[atmosphere]].<ref name=EERC>{{cite web|url=https://www.undeerc.org/pcor/sequestration/whatissequestration.asp|title=What Is CO2 Sequestration?|publisher=University of North Dakota Energy & Environmental Research Center|access-date=15 December 2015}}{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> One method of sequestration is by capturing CO<sub>2</sub> produced by [[power plant]]s and [[Factory|factories]] before they release it into the atmosphere.<ref name=EERC/> When the CO<sub>2</sub> gas is in long-term [[storage]], that means it has been sequestered. Carbon sequestration aims to assist in elimination of human introduced carbon from [[Earth]]'s atmosphere by disrupting the [[carbon cycle]]. It is also used to prevent future human caused [[climate change]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.technologyreview.com/news/531531/carbon-sequestration-too-little-too-late/ |title=Carbon Sequestration: Too Little, Too Late? |publisher=MIT Technology Review |access-date=15 December 2015 }}{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> == Methods == There are two long-term ways to remove CO<sub>2</sub> from the atmosphere: # [[Earth|Terrestrial]] Sequestration- [[plants]] and [[tree]]s store CO<sub>2</sub> in their bodies and in their [[root]]s.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://csite.ornl.gov/ |title=Carbon Sequestration in Terrestrial Ecosystems |publisher=Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) |access-date=15 December 2015 }}{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> # [[Geology|geologic]] sequestration- bury the CO<sub>2</sub> thousands of feet [[wikt:underground|underground]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www3.epa.gov/climatechange/