as organic carbon, which is either stored as plant biomass or in soil, or is decomposed back to CO2 through plant and soil respiration. This CO2 can return to the atmosphere or enter rivers ...

Carbon cycling, which explores how carbon moves in and out of our atmosphere, has been a longtime fascination for Memorial ...

Most carbon they consume is exhaled as carbon dioxide during respiration. The animals and plants eventually die. Dead organisms are eaten by decomposers and carbon in their bodies is returned to ...

Therefore, CO 2 outgassing from inland waters is assigned to terrestrial ecosystem respiration ... place in conceptual models of the global carbon cycle. A broader concept of a 'boundless carbon ...