LEADER 02626ngm 22004093 450 001 9910597018403321 005 20180613140637.0 035 $a(VaAlASP)3946666 035 $a(CKB)4940000000463847 035 $a(OCoLC)1048456239 035 $a(VaAlASP)ASP3946666/marc 035 $a(EXLCZ)994940000000463847 100 $a20180613d2015 k| v 101 0 $azxx 135 $aur|n||||||||a 181 $ctdi$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 182 $cv$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aCarbon cycle, animation /$fproduced by Science Photo Library 210 1$aLondon, England :$cScience Photo Library,$d2015. 215 $a1 online resource (1 minute) $csilent 300 $aTitle from resource description page (viewed June 13, 2018). 330 $aAnimation of the carbon cycle, the processes by which carbon is exchanged between the atmosphere, biosphere, oceans and rocks. Carbon is the primary building block of life on Earth. Here, purple arrows indicate the uptake of carbon, while yellow arrows indicate the release of carbon. On land, plants remove carbon from the atmosphere through photosynthesis. Animals eat plants and either breath out the carbon, or it moves up the food chain. When plants and animals die and decay, they transfer carbon back to the soil. The oceans take up carbon through physical and biological processes. At the ocean's surface, carbon dioxide from the atmosphere dissolves into the water. Tiny marine plants called phytoplankton use this carbon dioxide for photosynthesis. Phytoplankton are the base of the marine food chain. As on land, animals eat the plants, breathe out carbon or pass it up the food chain. Phytoplankton die, decompose, and are recycled in the surface waters. They can also sink to the bottom of the ocean, where they become buried in marine sediment. Over geological time scales, this process has made the ocean floor the largest reservoir of carbon on the planet. Human extraction of carbon-rich fuels such as oil and coal, made of dead animals and plants, and their subsequent burning as fuel, returns long-stored carbon back into the atmosphere as carbon dioxide. 606 $aCarbon cycle (Biogeochemistry) 608 $aEducational films.$2lcgft 608 $aEnvironmental films.$2lcgft 608 $aShort films.$2lcgft 608 $aAnimated films.$2lcgft 615 0$aCarbon cycle (Biogeochemistry) 712 02$aScience Photo Library, 801 0$bVaAlASP 801 1$bVaAlASP 906 $aVIDEO 912 $a9910597018403321 996 $aCarbon cycle, animation$92949446 997 $aUNINA