They are produced by the bacteria to store carbon and energy.
Scientists are working to get a better inventory of the carbon stored in trees.
Various processes are known to enhance the ocean's ability to store carbon.
Each forest has a different potential to store carbon.
This is roughly the amount of carbon already stored in the atmosphere today.
The amount of carbon stored in dry wood is approximately 50% by weight.
It has been suggested that agreements to limit climate change should consider carbon stored in forests.
The amount of carbon stored in permafrost soils is poorly understood.
Forests set afire and afterward only grasses allowed, for they store less carbon than trees do.
New maps show an estimate of the carbon stored in tropical forests and how sure scientists are about those estimates.