The wetland ecosystem had the most carbon storage capacity worldwide as of January 2022, amounting to 686 metric tons per hectare. Of this amount, the vast majority was soil storage, accounting for early 94 percent of the wetlands' total carbon storage. By comparison, deserts and semideserts had the least carbon storage capacity worldwide, with a total of 44 metric tons per hectare.
Carbon storage in selected ecosystems worldwide as of January 2022, by type
(in metric tons per hectare)
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Visual Capitalist. (January 25, 2022). Carbon storage in selected ecosystems worldwide as of January 2022, by type (in metric tons per hectare) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1320455/carbon-storage-in-global-ecosystems/
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