TROPICAL RAINFORESTS: Disappearing Opportunities
Global Carbon Reserviors
Global Carbon Reservoirs| Carbon Reservoir |
Size (Gigatons) |
|
| Atmosphere | 750 | |
| Forests | 610 | |
| Surface Oceans | 1,580 | |
| Deep Ocean | 38,100 | |
| Fossil Fuels | 5,000 | |
| Coal | 4000 | |
| Oil | 500 | |
| Natural Gas | 500 | |
| Natural Gas | 500 | |
| Source: Kasting 1998 | ||
Continued: Extinction