How is carbon stored in our planet?
Answer:
Carbon is stored in the following ways.
- As organic molecules, in the living and dead organisms found in the biosphere.
- As carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
- As organic matter in soils.
- As fossil fuels and sedimentary rock deposits such as lime stone, dolomite and chalk.
- In the oceans as dissolved atmospheric carbon dioxide and as carbonate shells in marine organisms.