Global Carbon Project

High school (ages 12+)
Environment & Earth

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/global-carbon-project

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the founding year?2001
2. What is the core scientific focus?Quantification of global carbon cycle fluxes, particularly CO2, CH4, and N2O
3. When did the Global Carbon Project start?It began in 2001, when scientists from many countries joined together to study the planet's carbon.
4. Which gases does the Global Carbon Project study?It focuses on the main greenhouse gases: carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), and nitrous oxide (N2O).

Carbon Cycle: The biogeochemical cycle by which carbon is exchanged among the biosphere, pedosphere, geosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere of the Earth.
Greenhouse Gases (GHGs): Gases in the atmosphere that absorb and emit thermal infrared radiation, causing the greenhouse effect.
Anthropogenic Emissions: Emissions resulting from or produced by human activities.
Carbon Sink: A natural or artificial reservoir that accumulates and stores carbon-containing chemical compounds, typically from the atmosphere.