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Explain why there has to be a balance in the carbon cycle.

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Burning fossil fuels spews CO2 into the air faster than photosynthesis and other processes can scrub it back out. ... As the CO2 is removed from the air, carbon would be slowly accumulating in forests and other forms of vegetation as well as soils and sediments. Excess release of CO2 throws the cycle out of balance

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