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What of the earths four spheres are involved in the carbon cycle that is fueled by the solubility pump? Check all that apply.
Atmosphere
Biosphere
Hydrosphere
Lithosphere
atmosphere and hydrosphere are involved in the carbon cycle that is fueled by the solubility pump
In oceanic biogeochemistry, the solubility pump is a physico-chemical process that transports carbon (as inorganic carbon) from the ocean's surface to its interior.
The ocean "solubility pump" removes atmospheric carbon dioxide as air mixes with and dissolves into the upper ocean. Carbon dioxide is more soluble in cold water, so at high latitudes where surface cooling occurs, carbon dioxide laden water sinks to the deep ocean and becomes part of the deep ocean circulation "conveyor belt", where it stays for hundreds of years. Eventually mixing brings the water back to the surface at the opposite end of the conveyor belt in regions distant from where the carbon dioxide was first absorbed, e.g., the tropics. In the tropical regions, warm waters cannot retain as much carbon dioxide and carbon dioxide is transferred back into the atmosphere.
so atmosphere and hydrosphere are involved in the carbon cycle that is fueled by the solubility pump