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The Carbon Cycle
Click here, or on the graphic, for full resolution. The Carbon Cycle. Carbon stocks in forest areas comprise
carbon in living and dead organic
matter both above and below ground
including trees, the understorey, dead
wood, litter and soil. On a global scale,
vegetation and soils are estimated to
trap 2.6 gigatonnes (Gt) of carbon
annually. Yet there are still many uncertainties
about the workings of the carbon
cycle: the Intergovernmental Panel
on Climate Change (IPCC) estimates
that the amount of carbon absorbed in
the soil and vegetation amounts to anything
between 0.9 and 4.3 Gt annually.
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