Ecosystems: the carbon cycle - for iPad/Mac/PC

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What is photosynthesis, and why does Sir David Attenborough describe it as 'the very basis of life?'. This album explains how the balance of sunlight, water and nutrients are fundamental to the process and how this balance acts to regulate individual ecosystems. But photosynthesis is only part of t…

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    • Dec 4, 2009 LATEST EPISODE
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    Transcript -- Ecosystems: the carbon cycle

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    Transcript -- A short introduction to this album

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    How plants make food

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2009 7:44


    The influence of differing levels of light, water, CO2 and nutrients on plant photosynthesis around the world

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    Transcript -- How plants make food

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    Transcript -- The influence of differing levels of light, water, CO2 and nutrients on plant photosynthesis around the world

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    Recycling carbon

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2009 3:07


    How carbon is returned to the atmosphere through decomposition of organic matter

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    Transcript -- Recycling carbon

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    Transcript -- How carbon is returned to the atmosphere through decomposition of organic matter

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    The peatbog problem

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2009 6:58


    Why peatbogs are crucial carbon containers, and how atmospheric methane is measured

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    Transcript -- The peatbog problem

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    Transcript -- Why peatbogs are crucial carbon containers, and how atmospheric methane is measured

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