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The Element On The Move Team's activities
Browse 25 OpenLearn items The Element On The Move Team has worked on
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Carbon process: Degassing114
A popping champagne cork is a startling example of degassing.
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07 May 2000
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Carbon in land plants114
In autumn, green plants start to release the carbon they've held in trust all summer.
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07 May 2000
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Carbon process: Dissolution114
Carbon in the atmosphere can become dissolved in water.
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07 May 2000
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Carbon in marine carbonate sediment114
Shells and skeletons of dead sea creatures hold carbon in the sea sediments.
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07 May 2000
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Carbon process: Lithification114
It means, literally, to turn to stone. It's how sediments become rocks.
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07 May 2000
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Carbon in marine organic sediment114
All sorts of consumers feed on the organic material found in the waters.
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07 May 2000
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Carbon process: Photosynthesis114
How do plants absorb carbon dioxide - and why?
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07 May 2000
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Carbon in Organic rock114
Although it's now rock, once some of those stones were living, breathing things - and that means carbon.
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07 May 2000
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Carbon process: Respiration114
Breathing keeps the carbon circulating.
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07 May 2000
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Carbon in sea consumers114
Fish and mammals need organic matter to keep alive - and that keeps carbon moving.
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07 May 2000
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Carbon process: River transport114
The rivers are moving carbon across the planet.
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07 May 2000
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Carbon in sea plants114
Down on the reef, carbon is as important as for land creatures.
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07 May 2000
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Carbon process: Sedimentation114
As rivers deposit their contents, carbon starts to lay down.
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07 May 2000
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Carbon in the soil114
The soil holds a lot of carbon - so how does it escape?
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07 May 2000
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Carbon process: Sinking114
Beneath the pack-ice at the Poles, carbon dissolved in water is slowly moving.
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07 May 2000
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Carbon in the surface sea114
The first couple of hundred of metres of sea acts as a carbon reservoir.
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07 May 2000
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Carbon process: Upwelling114
The turbulence of water in the oceans can send carbon on a journey.
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07 May 2000
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Carbon process: Volcanism114
One of the most poweful forces on the planet - no wonder volcanoes can move carbon around.
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07 May 2000
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Carbon process: Weathering114
The wind, the rain and ice can take carbon locked inside rocks, and set it free.
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07 May 2000
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Carbon in the atmosphere114
The atmosphere - our protective blanket of gases - has a vital component: carbon dioxide.
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07 May 2000
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