Wildfire charcoal is ending up in the ocean

We know that through forest wildfire the charcoal can help “feed” the soil with nutrients. These nutrients allow for new plants to thrive. What we didn’t know was that this vital nutrients is not ending up in the soil like we want it to. It turns out scientists have not delved deep into what happens to charcoal. Everyone assumed that it dissolved into the soil, well it does and it does not. Some of the nutrients dissolve but most of the charcoal is wiped from the soil by rivers and is brought to the ocean. It is estimated about 25 million tons of dissolved charcoal is transported from land to the sea each year. The new findings are important to better calculate the global carbon budget. the results imply that greater consideration must be given to carbon sequestration techniques (the process of capture and long-term storage of atmospheric carbon dioxide). Since this is a new issue no one has came up with many solutions. In the meantime I suggest we try to the oceans and hope we solve this soon.    http://www.macroevolution.net/charcoal.html