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
The Carbon Cycle. Where is most of the Earth's carbon located and in what form? Most of the world's carbon is found in the ocean as either carbon dioxide or calcium carbonate. Shells of most sea creatures are composed of calcium carbonate. Once these creatures die their shells turn into limestone and as limestone erodes the carbon is released into the atmosphere or bodies of water.