You are Carbon in the Ocean

We're riding tides in this vast blue body where carbon is plentiful and life is complex. The ocean can seem endless at times. But, we remember we’re part of a larger cycle.

Of the three places where carbon is stored–atmosphere, oceans, and land biosphere–more than 90% of the CO₂ is found in the oceans. It exists as bicarbonate with carbonate ions acting as the intermediate form between carbon dioxide and bicarbonate. As concentrations of carbon dioxide increase the supply of carbonate ions becomes limited and so the oceans become less and less able to take up carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

CO₂ + H₂O => H₂CO₃ => HCO₃^- + H⁺ => CO₃^2- + 2H

Carbon Dioxide + Water => Carbonic Acid => Bicarbonate + Hydrogen Ion => Carbonate + Hydrogen Ions

Learn much more: wikipedia.org/Ocean

Carbon Dioxide, Carbonic Acid, Bicarbonate, Carbonate

So what if we are at the bottom of the food chain? LIFE IS SHORT! Let’s explore the ocean blue. Become significant. Feel the flow with PHYTOPLANKTON.

Go through the process of PHOTOSYNTHESIS.
Plants in water perform photosynthesis—meaning "putting light together"—just as plants do on land. Carbon dioxide dissolved in the ocean is combined with water using the energy of sunlight by algae, kelp, and phytoplankton. The oxygen released in the process remains dissolved in the water to be "breathed" in by aquatic animals.

6CO₂ + 6H₂O + photon => C₆H₁₂O₆ + 6O₂

Carbon Dioxide + Water + Light => Sugar + Oxygen

Energy from the sun is converted into chemical bond energy in sugar in the process of photosynthesis.

Learn much more: wikipedia.org/Photosynthesis

Isn't it getting crowded in there? Those cold dark depths below look so dull. Forget all those fish and come soar high up in the clouds. Drift into the ATMOSPHERE!

Go through the process of DIFFUSION.
Carbon returns to the atmosphere in warm water regions around the tropics through a process called outgassing. As oceans are becoming warmer, more carbon is being released into the atmosphere.

Rate of Change in Concentration = Difference in Concentration Between Two Regions

Things move from areas of high concentration to areas of low concentration in the process of diffusion.

Learn much more: wikipedia.org/Diffusion
wikipedia.org/Diffusion_equation