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assess the importance of carbon for humans - Coggle Diagram
assess the importance of carbon for humans
what we are made of
every living organism made from carbon
building blocks
used in industry
Majority are carbon based - burning fossil fuels
energy production
steel production
influences global temperature
greenhouse effect
human activity effects this
regulates
carbon sinks such as Amazon rainforest regulate temperaure
more stored in ocean so not as much in atmosphere
Amazon 2 billion tonnes of carbon per year
permafrost stores lots of carbon in the arctic tundra
Only a few carbon sinks playing a signifcant role in carbon balance
LIDCs - more important for burning fossil fuels - don't prioritise renewable
graphene and carbon fibre - used in medicine - lots of uses link to humans
food
plants use it for photosynthesis
humans eat the crops
needed for decomposition
transport
Dalton highway
oil/gas industry
timber/logging industry