EAE3132 Theme 1 The Carbon Cycle and Long Term Climate Change

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Inorganic carbon

Rocks (bicarbonate and carbonate)

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Organic carbon

Plant materials

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Carbon gases

CO2, CH4 and CO

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Carbon reservoirs

Ocean, vegetation, permafrost, atmosphere

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BLAG hypothesis

Past global temperature controlled by spreading rates

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Slow seafloor spreading

Slow CO2 input, cold climate, decreased chemical weathering

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Fast seafloor spreading

Rapid CO2 input, warm climate, increased weathering, increased CO2 removal

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Biological ocean pump

Phytoplankton and cyanobacteria take in CO2

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Iron fertilisation

Increase Fe in oceans to remove limiting factor for phytoplankton growth

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Aerosols

Small liquid or solid particles suspended in the atmosphere