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1
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Carbon Cycle

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The biogeochemical cycle where carbon moves from one sphere to another

2
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Fluxes

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The movement of carbon through the ecosystem

3
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Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

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The official organisation for assessing climate change

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Anthropogenic

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Actions associated with human activity

5
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Reservoir turnover

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The rate at which carbon enters and leaves a store is measured by

(mass of carbon in any store at one time) divided by (exchange flux)

6
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Sequestering

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The natural storage of carbon

by physical or biological processes

eg photosynthesis

7
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Processes

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The physical mechanisms that drive the flux of material between a stores

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Carbon cycle pumps

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It’s a process that operates in the ocean to circulate and store carbon

9
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Thermohaline circulation

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thermo (temperature)
haline (salinity)

The global system of ocean currents is driven by temperature and salinity differences between oceans.