Question

What is the chemical process that occurs when carbon dioxide from the atmosphere which is absorbed by minerals present in the rocks?​

Answer 1

Explanation:

Carbon sequestration is the process involved in carbon capture and the long-term storage of atmospheric carbon dioxide[1] or other forms of carbon to mitigate or defer global warming. It has been proposed as a way to slow the atmospheric and marine accumulation of greenhouse gases, which are released by burning fossil fuels.[2]

Carbon dioxide (CO

2) is naturally captured from the atmosphere through biological, chemical, and physical processes.[3] Artificial processes have been devised to produce similar effects,[3] including large-scale, artificial capture and sequestration of industrially produced CO

2 using subsurface saline aquifers, reservoirs, ocean water, aging oil fields, or other carbon sinks.