sequestration
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The company is looking for $328 million from strategic investors to build its biggest carbon-capture and sequestration facility to date in oil-rich Alberta.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
Interest in biofertilisers is also tied to environmental concerns, with researchers saying they increase organic carbon in the soil, contributing to carbon sequestration.
From Barron's ● Jun. 16, 2026
They help slow climate change by removing carbon from the atmosphere and storing it in trees, a process known as carbon sequestration.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 15, 2026
The estate of former first minister Alex Salmond is seeking sequestration – the Scottish legal equivalent of bankruptcy – due to costs linked to court action.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2025
"But we intend to call several of the law enforcement officers present in the courtroom, and I would like to invoke the rule of sequestration."
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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Earth Science - Middle School
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