The role of carbon in life's blueprint and carbon cycle understanding earth's essential cycling system: benefits and harms to our planet ...

• Main Authors: Prajapati SK, V, Kumar, Dayal P, Gairola A, Borate RB, Srivastava R
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Zenodo 2023
• Subjects: Greenhouse gas; Carbon dioxide; Carbon cycle; Earth's climate; Ocean acidification
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8385430; https://zenodo.org/record/8385430

This abstract provides a concise overview of carbon, carbon dioxide, and the carbon cycle. Carbon is an essential element for life on Earth, serving as the building block of organic molecules found in living organisms. Carbon dioxide (CO2), a greenhouse gas, plays a dual role in supporting life through photosynthesis while also contributing to climate change when its concentration in the atmosphere increases due to human activities. The carbon cycle is a natural process that continuously cycles carbon between the atmosphere, oceans, land, and living organisms. It plays a vital role in regulating the Earth's climate, supporting plant growth through photosynthesis, sequestering carbon in natural sinks, and sustaining various ecosystems. However, human activities have disrupted the carbon cycle, leading to adverse effects such as climate change, ocean acidification, and ecosystem disturbances. Mitigating these harmful impacts requires global efforts to reduce carbon emissions, conserve forests, and adopt ... : {"references": ["1.\tIPCC 2007 Climate change 2007. Climate change impacts, adaptation and vulnerability. Working Group II. Geneva, Switzerland: IPCC. [google scholar]", "2.\tIPCC 2001 Climate change 2001: the scientific basis. Inter-government panel on climate change. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. [google scholar]", "3.\tLin, B.B.; Macfadyen, S.; Renwick, A.R.; Cunningham, S.A.; Schellhorn, N.A. Maximizing the environmental benefits of carbon farming through ecosystem service delivery. Bioscience, 2013, 63(10), 793-803. [google scholar]", "4.\tPindilli, E.; Sleeter, R.; Hogan, D. Estimating the societal benefits of carbon dioxide sequestration through peatland restoration. Ecological Economics, 2018, 154, 145-155. [google scholar]", "5.\tRahil, A.; Gammon, R.; Brown, N.; Udie, J.; Mazhar, M.U. Potential economic benefits of carbon dioxide (CO2) reduction due to renewable energy and electrolytic hydrogen fuel deployment under current and long-term forecasting of the Social Carbon Cost (SCC). ...