UPSC PYQPrelims 2021

Civil Services Examination · ప్రశ్న 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
సమాధానం చూపించు & వివరణ

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

వివరణ

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