Geography A-Level
Carbon reservoirs
What Carbon reservoirs means in Geography A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Carbon reservoirs
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Major stores of carbon of varying sizes and distributions, including the lithosphere, hydrosphere, cryosphere, biosphere and atmosphere.
Topics that use Carbon reservoirs
- The carbon cycle (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Carbon budget
- Cryosphere
- Enhanced greenhouse effect
- Human intervention
- Hydrosphere
- Lithosphere
- Ocean acidification
- Spatial and temporal scales
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