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the cycle in which carbon moves through the biosphere, involving the exchange of carbon between the oceanic and terrestrial ecosystems, on the one hand, and the atmosphere, on the other. Scientists are seeking to understand the fluxes to and from these major carbon cycle reservoirs and how they respond to climate change. ...
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| carbon cycle |
Carbon is cycled around the world by different physical, chemical and biological processes. Carbon is a key element on Earth because many organic molecules are made of carbon. On short time-scales carbon is transferred among living organisms, the atmosphere, the land, and the oceans by, for example, physiological processes such as photosynthesis and respiration. On longer, geological, time-scales weathering of rock releases carbon dioxide to the atmophere.
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Carbon is a very important element because it is part of carbohydrates (spoken
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| carbon cycle |
The global scale exchange of carbon among its reservoirs, namely the atmosphere, oceans, vegetation, soils, and geologic deposits and minerals. This involves components in food chains, in the atmosphere as carbon dioxide, in the hydrosphere and in the geosphere. (EPA)
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| carbon cycle |
The term used to describe the flow of carbon through a system. The forest carbon cycle refers to the flow of carbon through a forest ecosystem. The global carbon cycle refers to the flow of carbon through the Earth
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