Savannah Ecology Blog

Carbon sinks are a deposit of carbon. Some examples may include trees, coal, and soil. Trees, coal, and soil all have carbon in them. the tree gets it from the air through photosynthesis, the coal gets carbon from animals and plants that died millions of years ago, and the soil has carbon from dead leaves and other organic material.

Carbon sources are things that carbon come from such as a car burning gasoline(petrolium), people breathing, and burning down trees. in these examples, the resulting carbon is Carbon Dioxide(CO2) which is a mix of carbon and oxygen atoms.

Release agents are things that cause carbon to be released like a volcanic eruption or people running a mile. The volcanic eruption releases CO2 and ash. When people run a mile, they breathe more quickly as their heartbeat goes up.