. Describe the carbon cycle in an Ecosystem.
. Describe the carbon cycle in an Ecosystem.

 The carbon cycle is nature’s mechanism of recycling carbon atoms, which flow from the atmosphere to Earth’s creatures and then back into the atmosphere. The majority of carbon is held in rocks and sediments, with the remainder held in the ocean, atmosphere, and living creatures. Carbon cycles pass via these reservoirs, also known as sinks. The ocean acts as a massive carbon sink, absorbing carbon. Carbon is produced by all marine species, from marsh plants to fish, seaweed to birds, as they live and die. Dead creatures can sometimes be converted into fossil fuels, which are then burned, emitting CO2, and the cycle repeats.

For ages, humans have disrupted the biological carbon cycle by altering land use, and more recently, by extracting fossil carbon from the geosphere on an industrial scale (coal, petroleum and gas extraction, and cement manufacturing). By 2020, carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere had risen over 52 percent over pre-industrial levels, pushing the Sun to heat the atmosphere and the Earth’s surface even more. Due to dissolved carbon dioxide, rising carbon dioxide has raised the acidity of the ocean surface by around 30%.