Natural variation changing the carbon cycle

• Wildfires transfer large quantities of carbon from biomass to the atmosphere
• What do wildfires transfer?

  large quantities of carbon from biomass to the atmosphere
• Loss of vegetation decreases photosynthesis meaning less carbon is removed from the atmosphere
• What does a loss of vegetation decrease?

  photosynthesis
• less of what is removed from the atmosphere due to a loss of vegetation?

  carbon
• What is decreased when vegetation is lost?

  photosynthesis
• Carbon is stored within the earth in magma is released during volcanic eruptions
• What is released during volcanic eruptions?

  magma
• How is carbon stored in volcanic eruptions?

  in magma
• Volcanic eruptions normally release less carbon dioxide than human activities
• What impacts to the carbon cycle are more damaging human or natural?

  human
• A large volcanic eruption can damage the carbon cycle significantly