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CARBON CYCLE And oceans
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What things belong in the carbon cycle?
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Carbon and oceans Carbon enters oceans as CO2
Dissolves (diffuses) into surface CO2 makes ocean water more acidic- coral bleaching More CO2 dissolves in warm water than cold water Global warming is doing what to oceans???
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Organisms use C to make shells
Oceans are carbon sinks (absorbs CO2) Accumulation of shells creates limestone- deep ocean
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Fossil fuel creation Dead plants (C) accumulate to make coal
Plankton accumulate to make oil and gas
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Carbon and oceans NASA
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