COMMENT | The different colours of carbon

COMMENT | Carbon does not only exist in “green” as most people think. We call it “green” as carbon because it is mainly sequestered and stored in land ecosystems.

When terrestrial trees perform photosynthesis, they draw carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and store carbon as biomass in branches, trunks and roots.

Carbon is then released and stored within the soil when trees die or decay.

But do you know that other carbon colours also play an important role in fighting climate change?

One lesser-known carbon is “blue carbon”, which is stored specifically in...