What’s on the Carbon in Ecosystems poster
A 5-row table: Store · Relative size.
Approximate global carbon stores.
- Ocean (dissolved) — Largest by far
- Soil and permafrost — Very large
- Fossil fuels — Large, geological
- Atmosphere — Smaller than soil
- Living biomass — Smallest of these
Peatlands hold more carbon than all the world's forests, on a fraction of the area. Draining them releases it.
Questions about the Carbon in Ecosystems poster
- What’s on the Carbon in Ecosystems poster?
- A 5-row table: Store · Relative size. Approximate global carbon stores. Ocean (dissolved) — Largest by far; Soil and permafrost — Very large; Fossil fuels — Large, geological; Atmosphere — Smaller than soil; Living biomass — Smallest of these. Peatlands hold more carbon than all the world's forests, on a fraction of the area. Draining them releases it.
- Who is the Carbon in Ecosystems poster for?
- Carbon in Ecosystems belongs to the Biology section rather than to a school year, because life science is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning ecology can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.
- When should you use the Carbon in Ecosystems poster?
- Soil and oceans hold far more carbon than the atmosphere or living things. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Carbon in Ecosystems belongs on the wall where that life science work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
- What other posters go with Carbon in Ecosystems?
- Measuring Biodiversity, Climate & Ecosystems and Conservation sit alongside Carbon in Ecosystems in the Biology section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Measuring BiodiversityClimate & EcosystemsConservation
- Is the Carbon in Ecosystems poster free to download and print?
- Yes. Carbon in Ecosystems downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Biology section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
- What size does the Carbon in Ecosystems poster print at?
- Carbon in Ecosystems is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Carbon in Ecosystems loses nothing.Printing guide
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