What can carbon atoms do that makes them different from atoms of the five other common element of life

Carbon atoms are very flexible and are very common in chemical reactions. It can form four different bonds with other elements. It also makes up 18% of the human body. Not only is it found in the human body, but it's found in every organism.

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it would affect precipitation by causing flooding in some areas of the world due to climate increasing, causing the glaciers in the northern and southern pole of our planet to melt.

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