The carbon cycle

  THE CARBON CYCLE:     The carbon cycle is the biogeochemical movement of carbon between the atmosphere,  biosphere , geosphere, hydrosphere, pedosphere, cryosphere and the anthroposphere (You et al., 2017). The carbon cycle  contains  natural carbon sources and sinks, which describes where carbon is naturally extracted and stored. These spheres all interact to create a natural balance  in the amount of  carbon present on earth. This exchange of carbon has since become unbalanced due to anthropogenic activity's such as carbon emissions from human actions and fossil fuels. The carbon cycle also describes the long-term and short-term cycling of carbon which can happen over millions of years or hundreds of years. The long-term carbon cycle describes the storage of carbonate rocks (such as limestone), in the earth's crust, which get released by volcanic and tectonic activity. The short-term carbon cycle occurs by processes such as photosynthesis and ...