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    • Rocky landscape near the sea with carbon and water cycle labels
    Rights: The University of Waikato Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato Published 30 June 2010 Size: 330 KB Referencing Hub media

    Water and carbon dioxide are exchanged between the ocean and the atmosphere. Material eroded from land sinks to the bottom of the ocean where it eventually forms new rocks.

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