Land

• What does the carbon cycle do?

  Allows plants to GROW.
• Carbon cycle allows plants to grow. If there was no carbon in the atmosphere............

  plants would not photosynthesise
• Carbon cycle allows plants to grow. If there was no decomposition...

  Dead plants would remain where they fell and their nutrients would never be recycled
• Changes in the carbon cycle can...

  Reduce the amount of carbon stored in the land.

  • eg warmer temps causing permafrost to melt

  This RELEASES carbon previously STORED in the permafrost into the atmosphere
• What could an increase in global temps also do

  Increase frequency of wildfires