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"Atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration over the last 300 years, based on air samples from ice cores and, since 1958, direct measurements from Mauna Loa Observatory, Hawaii. Carbon dioxide has been accumulating in the atmosphere since the Industrial Revolution, its concentration increasing rapidly in the second half of the twentieth century. (source: Scripps Institute of Oceanography)",
"The molecular structure of carbon dioxide and methane molecules allows them to absorb infrared radiation. Heat is absorbed by a molecule if the atoms inside can vibrate at the frequency of infrared radiation. More complex molecules have more vibrational modes, so more opportunities to absorb heat, making them more powerful greenhouse gases. A methane molecule, with one carbon atom (grey) bound to four hydrogen atoms (red), can absorb more heat than a carbon dioxide molecule, with one carbon atom bound to two oxygen atoms (blue). A chlorofluorocarbon like CFC-113 (green and yellow) has even more bonds, making it a very powerful greenhouse gas. (Planetary Visions)",
"Atmospheric carbon dioxide as a function of time and latitude, derived from the SCIAMACHY sensor on Envisat. The data surface shows the natural annual cycle of carbon dioxide uptake and release, which is particularly strong in the northern hemisphere, as well as a gradual increase over the years resulting from human activity. (ESA-CCI)"
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"text": "## The Fast Carbon Cycle\r\n\r\nPlants take up carbon dioxide from the atmosphere by photosynthesis as they grow in spring and summer, and return some of it when their leaves die back in autumn and winter. Carbon is also returned to the atmosphere by animals eating plants and breathing out carbon dioxide. The cycling of carbon through living things is known as the fast carbon cycle.\r\n\r\nThis seasonal growth cycle can be seen in the atmospheric carbon dioxide levels shown on the interactive globe: a peak is reached at the end of the northern winter, before rapidly-growing plants start absorbing carbon dioxide again in the spring. Atmospheric carbon varies most in the northern hemisphere because it has more land, and therefore more plants, than the southern hemisphere. On top of the seasonal cycle there is a clear increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide from year to year – a sign that the carbon cycle is out of balance, mainly due to the burning of fossil fuels.\r\n \r\n## Carbon and the Land \r\n\r\nChanges in land use and land cover are also altering the carbon cycle. The clearing of tropical forests for agriculture has the double effect of adding large amounts of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere from fires, while also removing the trees that absorb and store carbon while they are alive. \r\n\r\nAround the Arctic, elevated air temperatures are thawing out large areas of permafrost. This exposes carbon in the soil to decomposition and could potentially release into the atmosphere vast amounts of methane. As northern latitudes thaw and dry out, vast areas of forest, bush and peat are newly exposed to the risk of wildfires. Fire is a key component of the carbon cycle, taking carbon from the biosphere into the atmosphere.",
"shortText": "## The Fast Carbon Cycle \r\n\r\nCycling of carbon through living things is known as the fast carbon cycle.\r\n\r\n- Plants take up CO2 from the atmosphere by photosynthesis as they grow in spring and summer.\r\n- Some returned when leaves die and by animals eating plants and breathing out carbon dioxide. \r\n- Atmospheric CO2 peaks at the end of the northern winter.\r\n- Rapidly-growing plants start absorbing CO2 in the spring. \r\n- Atmospheric carbon varies most in the northern hemisphere (more land, therefore more plants).\r\n- Year-to-year increase in CO2 shows the carbon cycle is out of balance (mainly from fossil fuel burning).\r\n\r\n## Carbon and the Land\r\n\r\n- Changes in land use and land cover also alter the carbon cycle. \r\n- Tropical forest clearance releases large amounts of CO2 by fire and removes trees that absorb and store carbon. \r\n- Thawing permafrost releases soil carbon by decomposition and potentially vast amounts of methane. \r\n- Warming and drying of northern lands exposes vast areas of forest, bush and peat to the risk of wildfires. \r\n- Fire is a key component of the carbon cycle, taking carbon from the biosphere into the atmosphere.",
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"text": "## The Slow Carbon Cycle\r\n\r\nCarbon is exchanged between the atmosphere and the ocean at the sea surface. Carbon dioxide is dissolved in sea water but also absorbed by ocean plants – phytoplankton – which use chlorophyll to perform photosynthesis in the same way as plants on land. Some carbon dioxide is quickly released back to the atmosphere, so the oceans play a part in the fast carbon cycle, but some is mixed into the deep ocean, where it stays for centuries as part of the slow carbon cycle. \r\n\r\nOceanic lifeforms from phytoplankton to coral, crustaceans and whales absorb carbon as they grow and take some of it to the sea floor when they die. Here, carbon is locked up in sedimentary rock, Earth’s largest carbon store. Under certain conditions layers of organic carbon can build up into fossil fuel deposits – coal, oil or natural gas. \r\n\r\nThe slow cycle eventually returns carbon to the atmosphere through geological processes. Carbon dioxide is expelled from rocks under extreme heat and pressure and vented to the atmosphere in volcanic eruptions. From the atmosphere, carbon can return to the surface dissolved in rainwater as weak carbonic acid, where it plays a role in the chemical weathering of rocks and the delivery of minerals and salts to the sea.",
"shortText": "## The Slow Carbon Cycle\r\n\r\n- CO2 is dissolved in sea water but also absorbed by ocean plants – phytoplankton.\r\n- Some is mixed into the deep ocean, where it stays for centuries as part of the slow carbon cycle.\r\n\r\n- Oceanic lifeforms absorb carbon as they grow and take some of it to the sea floor when they die.\r\n- Here, carbon is locked up in sedimentary rock, Earth’s largest carbon store.\r\n- Layers of organic carbon can build up into fossil fuel deposits – coal, oil or natural gas.\r\n\r\n- The slow cycle eventually returns carbon to the atmosphere through geological processes.\r\n- CO2 is expelled from rocks and vented into the atmosphere during volcanic eruptions.\r\n- Carbon returns to the surface dissolved in rainwater as weak carbonic acid.\r\n- It then plays a role in the chemical weathering of rocks and the delivery of minerals and salts to the sea.",
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"On a clear night light shines out from urban areas across western Europe, painting a portrait of an energy-hungry society. Photograph taken by ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst from the International Space Station on July 26 2014. (ESA/NASA)",
"Deforestation in the state of Rondônia in western Brazil, as imaged by ESA’s Proba-V minisatellite. The brown colours indicate deforested areas – note the distinctive ‘fishbone’ pattern as main roads are cut through an area, followed by secondary roads for further clearing. Agricultural activities including deforestation are the second-largest source of greenhouse gases, after fossil fuels. (ESA/VITO)",
"Atmospheric carbon dioxide history for the last 800,000 years, based on air samples from ice cores at Vostok Station, Antarctica, and since 1958, direct measurements from Mauna Loa Observatory, Hawaii. The present concentration of over 400 parts per million is thought to be higher than it has been for many millions of years. (data source: Scripps Institute of Oceanography)"
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"text": "## Tracking Carbon from Space\r\n\r\nData collected by satellites allow us to see how greenhouse gases are varying across the globe. The European Space Agency’s Envisat, launched in 2002, carried one of the first sensors that measure concentrations of carbon dioxide and methane near the surface. The Japanese satellite GOSAT followed in 2009. Future satellite sensors will allow us to detect smaller sources of greenhouse gases.\r\n\r\nESA’s Climate Change Initiative is also tracking carbon through its cycle on land and in the ocean. Land cover and biomass maps allow us to determine the amount of carbon stored in plants on land; ocean colour measurements show phytoplankton, giving an idea of how much carbon is being taken up by these ocean plants.\r\n\r\nClimate scientists are using this information to improve our understanding of the carbon cycle and its representation in their climate models. Improved climate projections will help decision-makers work out how we can manage our carbon emissions and restore balance to the carbon cycle.",
"shortText": "## Tracking Carbon from Space\r\n\r\nData collected by satellites allow us to see how greenhouse gases are varying across the globe. \r\n\r\n- 2002: ESA’s Envisat carried one of the first sensors to measure CO2 and methane near the surface. \r\n- 2009: Japanese satellite GOSAT followed. \r\n- Future satellites will allow us to detect smaller sources of greenhouse gases.\r\n- ESA’s Climate Change Initiative is also tracking carbon through its cycle on land and in the ocean. \r\n- Land cover and biomass maps give the amount of carbon stored in plants on land.\r\n- Ocean colour maps show phytoplankton, giving the carbon taken up by ocean plants.\r\n- This improves understanding of the carbon cycle and its representation in climate models. \r\n\r\nImproved climate projections will help decision-makers work out how we can manage our carbon emissions and restore balance to the carbon cycle.",
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