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Peat -temp agri

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Agricultural soil invertion increases microbial activity, more co2, temperatures increase, more evaporation peatland becomes less water logged , undecayed organisms are uncovered and they decay

Permafrost melts - more c02

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Oceans - co2

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More co2 in atmosphere as a result of increased human activity, temperature rise, sea temperatures rise, inverse relationship between sea temp and the amount of carbon dioxide held - more co2 dissolved from hydrosphere to atmosphere - co2 levels rise - negative albedo affect

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