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Fluxes are important for the carbon cycle as they keep a balance within the cycle so that their isn't an unbalance. An unbalance in the carbon cycle would lead to a lack of resources in some places due to...

Carbon sequestration is the process of carbon being stored for a prolonged period of time in a carbon store, examples of these include oceans, plants and rocks. If these were to stop acting as carbon stor...

Eustatic change refers to a global change in sea level due to an actual rise or fall in sea level. As global temperatures rise due to global warming more precipitation falls as rain and more ice melts fro...

A divergent plate boundary occurs when two plates move away from each other. Rift valleys can form at slow-spreading boundaries as the mid-ocean ridge which builds up on the boundary through solidified ma...

Suburbanisation is a process that occurs in urban areas alongside urbanisation, counter-urbanisation and urban resurgance. As people's prosperity increases, they search for a higher quality of life away...