carbon cycle
English
Noun
carbon cycle (plural carbon cycles)
- the physical cycle of carbon through the Earth’s biosphere, geosphere, hydrosphere and atmosphere that includes such processes as photosynthesis, decomposition, respiration and carbonification.
Related terms
- carbon-nitrogen cycle
- CNO cycle
- nitrogen cycle
- oxygen cycle
- hydrogen cycle
Translations
cycle of carbon
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