carbonleaving
Carbonleaving is a term used in environmental science to describe the net efflux of carbon from a defined system to another reservoir, most often from terrestrial or aquatic ecosystems to the atmosphere or the ocean. It is a component of carbon budgeting and climate modeling, representing the amount of carbon that leaves a system over a given time period. The phrase is not universally standardized, and its exact definition may vary between studies or disciplines.
Mechanisms contributing to carbonleaving include respiration by plants and soil microbes, the decay of organic matter,
Measurement of carbonleaving fluxes typically uses units of carbon per time, commonly gigatons of carbon per
Relation to broader concepts: carbonleaving is related to, but distinct from, carbon emissions, sequestration, and general