{"id":1735,"date":"2019-04-11T15:59:43","date_gmt":"2019-04-11T15:59:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/herofortheplanet.org\/healthysoils\/?page_id=1735"},"modified":"2021-03-11T23:10:06","modified_gmt":"2021-03-11T23:10:06","slug":"soil-atmosphere","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/herofortheplanet.org\/healthysoils\/uncover\/soil-atmosphere\/","title":{"rendered":"Soil & Atmosphere"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tUncover\n\t<\/h5>\n

\n\t\tSoil & Atmosphere\n\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\"CJ-learning-left\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tVirtual Student Guide\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t

How does carbon move between the soil and atmosphere?<\/h3>\n

What can you figure out by looking at this carbon cycle?<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\"newcarboncycle\"\n\t

Carbon<\/b> is above us, below us, around us, and in us. It cycles back and forth between the air and Earth’s surface (soil and water) with the help of every living thing, including humans. As carbon goes through this cycle, some carbon stays put for a time while some is on the move. The carbon that stays put in soil is\u00a0sequestered<\/strong> there.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In a balanced cycle, plants make carbon-based sugars through photosynthesis, and move it into the ground at an equal or faster rate than carbon is being released from those soils. Healthy soil, and undisturbed plant-covered soil, is key to this balance<\/strong> because it can sequester\u00a0more carbon from plant roots and dead decomposing organisms.<\/p>\n\t