Carbon reservoirs include the atmosphere, bodies of liquid water, ocean sediment, soil, rocks, and Earth’s interior.
Is it true that carbon reservoirs include the atmosphere, bodies of liquid water, ocean sediment, soil, rocks, and Earth’s interior?
Yes. Geochemical and earth system studies widely document that carbon is stored across major global reservoirs, including the atmosphere, oceans, sediments, soils, rocks, and the Earth's interior.
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The claim lists fundamental geological and atmospheric carbon reservoirs on Earth. The retrieved papers examine various aspects of these exact reservoirs—such as the atmosphere and oceans (Paper 1), soil and terrestrial carbon (Papers 0 and 11), sediments and rocks (Papers 3 and 8), and the interior mantle (Paper 5). Because all named reservoirs are well-established components of the global carbon cycle supported by the literature, the claim is fully supported.
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Bloom, A. A., Exbrayat, J., Velde, I. R. v. d., Feng, L., & Williams, M. (2016). The decadal state of the terrestrial carbon cycle: Global retrievals of terrestrial carbon allocation, pools, and residence times. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1515160113
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Jacobson, A. R., Fletcher, S. E. M., Gruber, N., Sarmiento, J. L., & Gloor, M. (2007). A joint atmosphere‐ocean inversion for surface fluxes of carbon dioxide: 1. Methods and global‐scale fluxes. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1029/2005gb002556
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BM, G., DG, S., CI, O., CP, T., CL, O., K, S., DP, K., & EM, S. (2025). Cumulative Anthropogenic Impacts of Past and Future Emissions and Releases on the Global Mercury Cycle.. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.4c13434
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CM, G., T, S., S, B., PK, B., N, C., DM, G., M, L., CH, L., & PA, C. (2026). Water Versus Land on Temperate Rocky Planets.. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-025-01264-5
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MS, D., C, L., H, G., Z, Z., M, H., A, S., CA, R., F, P., L, A., FO, O., BJW, M., & A, B. (2025). Marine phosphorus and atmospheric oxygen were coupled during the Great Oxidation Event.. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-64194-4
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Exbrayat, J., Pitman, A. J., & Abramowitz, G. (2014). Disentangling residence time and temperature sensitivity of microbial decomposition in a global soil carbon model. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.5194/bgd-11-4995-2014
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