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sequestration

[ see-kwes-trey-shuhn, si-kwes- ]

noun

  1. removal or separation; banishment or exile.
  2. a withdrawal into seclusion; retirement.
  3. segregation from others; isolation:

    sequestration of jurors during a trial.

  4. Law.
    1. the sequestering of property.
    2. confiscation or seizure.
  5. Chemistry. the combining of metallic ions with a suitable reagent into a stable, soluble complex in order to prevent the ions from combining with a substance with which they would otherwise have formed an insoluble precipitate, from causing interference in a particular reaction, or from acting as undesirable catalysts.
  6. the trapping of a chemical in the atmosphere or environment and its isolation in a natural or artificial storage area:

    Carbon sequestration can reduce global warming.

    1. the process of implementing an automatic cut in government spending across most departments, agencies, etc.:

      efforts to avoid or delay sequestration.

    2. an instance of this:

      An $80 billion sequestration would lead to massive layoffs.



sequestration

/ ˌːɛˈٰɪʃə /

noun

  1. the act of sequestering or state of being sequestered
  2. law the sequestering of property
  3. chem the effective removal of ions from a solution by coordination with another type of ion or molecule to form complexes that do not have the same chemical behaviour as the original ions See also sequestrant
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of sequestration1

1350–1400; Middle English < Late Latin ٰܱپō- (stem of ٰܱپō ), equivalent to ٰܱ ( us ) (past participle of ٰܱ to sequester ) + -ō- -ion
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The study's findings are helping piece together the puzzle of wetland carbon sequestration on a global scale.

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The analysis findings are further used in the monitoring and evaluation layer to examine forest health, biodiversity, carbon sequestration, and ecosystem services.

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Letting that land "get back to that native forest land as much as possible is going to help immensely with both carbon sequestration and biodiversity opportunities," said Panescu Scott.

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“Carbon sequestration of urban trees is very short lived,” Love said.

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The changes appeared to respond to concerns about the possible loss of canopy and shade, and could boost carbon sequestration.

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