Carbon stocks

Carbon stocks
  The quantity of carbon stored in biological and physical systems including: trees, products of harvested trees, agricultural crops, plants, wood and paper products and other terrestrial biosphere sinks, soils, oceans, and sedimentary and geological sinks.
  U.S. Dept. of Energy, Energy Information Administration's Energy Glossary

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