Adapted from NASA Earth Observatory: http:earthobservatory'nasa'govLibraryCarbonCycle

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Formation of Coal, Oil and Natural Gas
Recipe Lots of time High Temperatures High
Pressures
Ocean Plankton Example Foraminifera
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Formation of Coal, Oil and Natural Gas
Recipe Lots of time High Temperatures High
Pressures
Chemical Formation of Coal
Carboniferous
Coal re-emerges on surface
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http//earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Library/CarbonCyc
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Reading for Tuesday, February 17 (Monday is a
holiday!) OceanAcidification_Backgroud.pdf p
.1 13 of Ocean acidification due to increasing
atmospheric carbon dioxide
SeattleTimes_OceanAcidification.doc Article
Acidified seawater showing up along coast ahead
of schedule There will be a Reading Check on
Tuesday.