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carbon cycle

1. Natural circulation of carbon which is exchanged among large carbon reserves in the land, the ocean, the biosphere and the atmosphere; 2. Circulation of carbon through ecosystems in the course of which carbon atoms from carbon dioxide are incorporated into organic compounds formed by green plants during photosynthesis.

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