BIOL 1500 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Carbon Sink, Carbon Offset, Kyoto Protocol

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A series of reactions that occur in the chloroplast during photosynthesis and that utilizes nadph and. The main natural sinks are the oceans and plants and other organisms that use photosynthesis to remove carbon from the atmosphere by incorporating it into biomass. This concept of co2 sinks has become more widely known because of its role in the. Coal, petroleum, natural gases, humans making no net release of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere, especially through offsetting emissions by planting trees. A carbon offset is a reduction in emissions of carbon dioxide or greenhouse gases made in order to compensate for or to offset an emission made elsewhere. Metabolic reactions occurring in the cells that result in the oxidation of macromolecules to produce. Adaptation to global warming is a response to global warming that seeks to reduce the vulnerability of social and biological systems to current climate change and thus offset the effects of global warming.

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