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Chemical Carousel: A Trip Around the Carbon Cycle
1997
This site illustrates the carbon cycle and explains that carbon doesn't ever really die--it just recycles itself. Follow Captain Carbon on his adventures through various cycles. The Protein Cycle features articles on photosynthesis and amino acid synthesis in a plant, and protein synthesis in a cow. The Carbohydrate/Fuel Cycle features articles on farming and wheat processing plus what happens when humans turn Captain Carbon into glucose via the digestive process.
