UPSC PYQPrelims 2021

Civil Services Examination · ಪ್ರಶ್ನೆ 19

What is blue carbon?

  1. Carbon captured by oceans and coastal ecosystems
  2. Carbon sequestered in forest biomass and agricultural soils
  3. Carbon contained in petroleum and natural gas
  4. Carbon present in atmosphere
ಉತ್ತರ ತೋರಿಸು ಮತ್ತು ವಿವರಣೆ

ಉತ್ತರ: (A) Carbon captured by oceans and coastal ecosystems

ವಿವರಣೆ

Blue carbon is carbon stored by oceans and coastal ecosystems such as mangroves, seagrasses and salt marshes.