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The Carbon Cycle

• By Jamiil Scott Whitfield

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What Is The Carbon Cycle ?

• The exchange of carbon between living organisms
  and the nonliving environment.

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Important Environmental Factors
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Carbon Facts

• Every year there is a measurable difference in
  the amount of carbon in the atmosphere during
  different seasons.
• In winter there is little photosynthesis
  therefore there is a high concentration of
  carbon.

• CO2 is a "Green House" gas - it traps heat at the
  Earth's surface
• The 20th century has been the warmest in the last
  600 years due to human combustion.

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Carbon Cycle