Permafrost Carbon Feedback
The climate interaction in which thaw exposes frozen organic matter to decomposition and releases additional greenhouse gases.
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Ocean Acidification
The long-term shift in seawater carbonate chemistry caused primarily by ocean uptake of anthropogenic carbon dioxide.
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Ocean Circulation
The wind-, buoyancy- and tide-driven movement of seawater that redistributes heat, carbon, nutrients and momentum.
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The Global Carbon Cycle
The movement of carbon among the atmosphere, oceans, living organisms, soils, rocks and Earth's interior.
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Climate Feedback Loops
Processes that amplify or reduce an initial change in Earth's climate system.
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Plate Tectonics
The framework that explains the motion of Earth's lithospheric plates and the concentration of geological activity at their boundaries.
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Photosynthesis
The biological conversion of light energy into chemical energy, coupled to carbon fixation in plants, algae and some bacteria.
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