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. CO 2 possible. With photosynthesis and the growth of continents, CO 2 in the atmosphere was divided into a series of interlinked reservoirs.
Fossil fuels are concentrations of peat, coal, oil, and natural gas.
Peat is the first step in formation of coal , the most abundant fossil fuel. Burial and compaction with time and increasing temperature transforms peat into various grades of coal. Strip mining levels the mountains , which are later reclaimed as golf courses. In the ocean, microscopic plants and bacteria are the prime source of organic matter in sediments. With burial, time, and increasing temperature the organic matter is slowly transformed into liquid hydrocarbons , like oil and natural gas.