A food for all seasons. Breadfruit is a good staple food that can be easily preserved and eaten all year round. Many Island people use breadfruit only when it is in season. Much breadfruit is therefore wasted because a great deal of this food is available only at one time and because few preservation methods are being used.
Re-jigger the arrangement, and â presto! â the atoms form diamond, one of the hardest materials in the world. Carbon is also the key ingredient for most life on Earth; the pigment that made the first tattoos; and the basis for technological marvels such as graphene, which is a material stronger than steel and more
Big quantities of carbon are found in the form of compounds. Carbon is present in the atmosphere as carbon dioxide in 0,03% in volume. Several minerals, like limestone, dolomite, gypsum and marble, contain carbonates. All the plants and live animals are formed by complex organic compounds where carbon is combined with hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen and other elements.