Answer:
Versatility as a solvent
Explanation:
Water is typically considered a universal solvent. Given enough time, almost any material can dissolve in water.
It is by the virtue of this property that oceans are able to readily act as carbon reservoirs.
- Through this storing of carbon, the earth's temperature can be carefully kept constant.
- When carbon through biological, chemical and physical processes enters the ocean, they are dissolve and stored in the water and sediments.
- This helps to trap significant amount of carbon on the earth.
