The Oxygen
Cycle
Oxygen is essential for life...... (e.g. respiration,
stratospheric ozone)
...... but what supplies the
oxygen consumed by living beings?
oxygen is created by photosynthesis
and net emission due to burial of atmospheric carbon (CO2)
oxygen is consumed by both living beings
and the net uptake of oxygen due to weathering of fossilized carbon
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if you're curious about our upcoming study of the carbon cycle, check
out these figures that estimate your production
of carbon