Carbon sequestration
Definition
Carbon can be stored in the long-term in plants, soils, geological formations, and the ocean. Carbon sequestration occurs both naturally and as a result of anthropogenic activities and typically refers to the storage of carbon that has the immediate potential to become carbon dioxide gas.
IPBES (Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services), 2019 1
The process of increasing the carbon content of a reservoir other than the atmosphere.
Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (2005) 2