Sentences with phrase «sequestering large amounts of carbon»

(07/21/2008) Shell Oil is funding a project that seeks to test the potential of adding lime to seawater as a cost - effective way to fight global warming by sequestering large amounts of carbon dioxide in the world's oceans, reports Chemistry & Industry magazine.

Freshwater wetlands are among Earth's most productive ecosystems, and the restoration of these environments — especially in temperate and subtropical latitudes — has the potential to offset greenhouse gas emissions by sequestering large amounts of carbon dioxide.