Real World: The Carbon Cycle

Real World: The Carbon Cycle carbon cycle Carbon cycle is a process where carbon compounds are interchanged among the biosphere, geosphere, pedosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere of the earth carbon neutrality CO2 is added directly to the atmosphere by animals and some other organisms as a by-product of respiration The carbon present in animal wastes

carbon neutrality Decomposers break down the dead organisms and return the carbon in their bodies to the atmosphere as carbon dioxide by respiration In some conditions,

nitrogen cycle Plants and soils release carbon back into the atmosphere through respiration and decomposition, influenced by tillage and crop-residue management Waterways and Carbon cycle The carbon cycle is the way carbon is stored and replaced on Earth Some of the main events take hundreds of millions of years, others happen