Carbon Sequestration
The removal of carbon from the atmosphere to be put into storage in another part of the carbon cycle. This can be performed directly or indirectly.
The former may involve carbon capture and storage, which involves
the pumping of carbon dioxide emissions into geological vaults deep
underground. The first of these large scale projects was known as
Sleipner and took place in the North Sea.
Indirect methods involve
such processes as reforestation and ocean iron fertilisation to capture
carbon through photosynthesis by trees and phytoplankton and lock it
within soils and the seabed respectively. Another method is to modify
agricultural processes to enhance soils as carbon sinks.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_sequestration
For more information on Sleipner see http://www.co2captureandstorage.info/project_specific.php?project_id=26
