The carbon cycle is an essential part of life on Earth. About half the dry weight of most living organisms is carbon.[citation needed] It plays an important role in the structure, biochemistry, and nutrition of all living cells. Living biomass holds about 550 gigatons of carbon,[1] most of which is made of terrestrial plants (wood), while some 1,200 gigatons of carbon are stored in the terrestrial biosphere as dead biomass.[2]
Carbon is cycled through the terrestrial biosphere with varying speeds, depending on what form it is stored in and under which circumstances.[3] It is exchanged most quickly with the atmosphere, although small amounts of carbon leave the terrestrial biosphere and enter the oceans as dissolved organic carbon (DOC).
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