Humans currently pump about 9.1 billion tons of CO2 into the atmosphere each year. Of this, about 5.0 billion tons are absorbed by plants, soils, and the oceans. Most of the remaining 4.1 billion tons goes into ________.
A) outer space
B) the polar ice caps
C) the atmosphere
D) sedimentary rocks
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