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You are Carbon in Soil

Chillin’ with the minerals and earthworms, just basking in the warm radiance of the sun. Life is good here, expect when the occasional hummer rolls over you patch of life, or that elephant craps all over the place. But its all good, that means more nutrients for you.

You are carbon in a mixture of water, nitrogen, and oxygen.

Clay+Sand+Silt

Learn much more: wikipedia.org/Soil

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Choose RUN OFF. In periods of excessive rains or rapid snowmelt, soil floats off into streams and rivers that eventually feed into the oceans.

There is a whole nother world of floating mamila out there, and life as a chunk of dirt isn’t as exciting as everyone made it out to be. Time to move on, the ocean is calling with sweet songs of adventure.

The process by which water flows from higher elevations to the ocean.

Q = (P-I)2/(P-I+S)

Runoff = (Rainfall - Water Stored)2/(Rainfall - Water Stored + Water Absorbed)

Learn much more: wikipedia.org/Surface_runoff

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Choose RESPIRATION. Microorganisms don't have lungs, but they still breathe. Soil holds lots of carbon in organic matter left behind by dead plants and animals. This organic matter is eaten by bacteria, funghi, algae, worms, and other tiny creatures. The carbon returns to the atmosphere as these microorganisms use its stored energy to live and grow.

This place stinks. Let's ditch the ground and rise back up to the great atmosphere with its clean blue skies and lofty clouds dangling over the big yellow ball of light.

The process by which the complex organic molecules are broken down to simpler forms.

C6H12O6 = 2C2H5OH + 2C02

Sugar = Ethanol + Carbon Dioxide

Learn much more: wikipedia.org/Decomposition