{"id":1934,"date":"2019-04-04T12:43:17","date_gmt":"2019-04-04T11:43:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/?page_id=1934"},"modified":"2025-10-06T21:15:05","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T21:15:05","slug":"what-is-the-carbon-cycle","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/?page_id=1934","title":{"rendered":"What is the carbon cycle?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-background is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-fe9cc265 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"border-radius:15px;background-color:#21212185\"><figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/carbon-cycle960.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"[aggregator] downloaded image for imported item #1934\" style=\"border-radius:15px;object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/carbon-cycle960.jpg 960w, https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/carbon-cycle960-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/carbon-cycle960-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/carbon-cycle960-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: min(min(calc(100% - var(--wp--preset--spacing--xl,4rem)), 720px), 960px)) 100vw, min(min(calc(100% - var(--wp--preset--spacing--xl,4rem)), 720px), 960px)\" title=\"What is the carbon cycle?\"><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Carbon is the foundation of all life on Earth, required to form complex molecules like proteins and DNA. This element is also found in our atmosphere in the form of carbon dioxide (CO2). Carbon helps to regulate the Earth\u2019s temperature, makes all life possible, is a key ingredient in the food that sustains us, and provides a major source of the energy to fuel our global economy.<\/p>\n<p>The carbon cycle describes the process in which carbon atoms continually travel from the atmosphere to the Earth and then back into the atmosphere. Since our planet and its atmosphere form a closed environment, the amount of carbon in this system does not change. Where the carbon is located \u2014 in the atmosphere or on Earth \u2014 is constantly in flux.<\/p>\n<p>Watch our animated video about the carbon cycle to get what you need to know in under two minutes.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/oceanservice.noaa.gov\/facts\/carbon-cycle.html\">Continue reading \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n<p>This  was originally published on https:\/\/oceanservice.noaa.gov\/facts\/carbon-cycle.html<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Carbon is the foundation of all life on Earth, required to form complex molecules like proteins and DNA. This element is also found in our atmosphere in the form of carbon dioxide (CO2). Carbon helps to regulate the Earth\u2019s temperature, makes all life possible, is a key ingredient in the food that sustains us, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1935,"parent":280,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1934","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1934","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1934"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1934\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2009,"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1934\/revisions\/2009"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/280"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/echoesofthelastmind.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}