Why Is Photosynthesis Crucial for the Carbon Cycle?

A factory chimney emitting smoke against a clear sky, illustrating industrial activity and air pollution

Photosynthesis rarely gets framed as a system that quietly holds Earth together, yet that is exactly the role it plays. Every breath of oxygen, every forest canopy, every soil layer rich with life traces back to a single biological action that pulls carbon out of the air and surface ocean and locks it into living … Read more