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Carbon Affects Nearly Everything on Earth – Including Our Future

Provided by: Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History |Published on: September 1, 2023
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  • This illustrated video describes the carbon cycle, demonstrating how climate change affects everything and everyone due to carbon's ubiquity on Earth.
  • The video features excellent visuals showing carbon atoms pumping through the atmosphere into living organisms and the ocean in a cycle of carbon sources and sinks.
  • Next, the video highlights the imbalance in the carbon cycle caused by humans burning fossil fuels and by farming and deforestation.

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Subjects: Chemistry, Biology, Earth and Space Sciences
Authors: Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
Region: Global
Languages: English

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