All known life is based on carbon.
Carbon dioxide is an important greenhouse gas.
The acidity of the ocean is regulated by carbon compounds. Maintenance of oxygen in the atmosphere depends on the transfer of carbon to sediments through photosynthesis . The wind , ocean currents and the moving lithosphere plates are all part of Earth s circulatory system. Latent heat is the amount of energy released or taken in by water during precipitation or evaporation. Liquid water, the universal solvent , made life and the chemical distillation of atmospheric.