A New Role For Carbon Dioxide

A New Role For Carbon Dioxide (NAPSA)—STORING CARBON—Anew process called carbon sequestration shows great promise for absorbing a significant frac- tion of the carbon dioxide emissions that result from the combustion of fossil fuels and for slowing the rate of climate warming. Scientists say carbon sequestration is a form of carbon storage that can be implemented rapidly. For example forests have the potential to sequester a significant fraction of the global carbon dioxide emissions emitted into the atmosphere. Moreover, soil is by far the largest storehouse of carbon here on earth, which is why soil managementis so important. More information about carbon sequestration is available at www.co2andclimate.org.