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What is carbon that is stored underground for millions of years?
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∙ 7y ago
Carbon sequestering.
A2. But coal and peat deposits have their part to play, as does the carbonate family such as limestone.
Coal, oil, and limestone.
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∙ 11y ago
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Where do you release the carbon dioxide that was stored millions of years ago?
Whenever you burn fossil fuels (coal, oil and natural gas) in industry, transport and the generation of electricity, this releases carbon dioxide which has been hidden underground for 300 million years.
What cycle do humans affect by burning fossil fuels?
We affect the earth's regular carbon cycle by burning fossil fuels. Coal and oil combustion adds billions of tons of carbon to the atmosphere, carbon that has been stored underground for millions of years.
How do fuels contribute to the production of greenhouse gases?
Fossil fuels (coal, oil and natural gas) contain carbon that has been stored underground for millions of years. When we burn these fuels for industry, transport, or to generate electricity, then carbon dioxide is released into the atmosphere. Carbon dioxide is a powerful greenhouse gas, really the only one we have much control over.
What does carbon and fossil fuels give off?
Yes. fossil fuels differ from other fuels in that, when we burn them we are burning carbon that has been sequestered from the atmosphere for millions of years. This adds 'new' carbon dioxide that increases the total atmospheric level of greenhouse gases.
What causes more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere?
Burning fossil fuels like coal and oil (as we do to power our vehicles and to produce electricity) releases extra carbon dioxide that has been hidden away underground for millions of years.
Where do you release the carbon dioxide that was stored millions of years ago?
Whenever you burn fossil fuels (coal, oil and natural gas) in industry, transport and the generation of electricity, this releases carbon dioxide which has been hidden underground for 300 million years.
What cycle do humans affect by burning fossil fuels?
We affect the earth's regular carbon cycle by burning fossil fuels. Coal and oil combustion adds billions of tons of carbon to the atmosphere, carbon that has been stored underground for millions of years.
How is the carbon left behind by dinosaurs millions of years ago stored today?
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How is carbon left behind by dinosaurs millions of years ago stored today?
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Do fossil fuels take a long time even millions of years to develop?
Yes. Three hundred millions years ago fossil fuels began to form, storing carbon safely underground.
How do fuels contribute to the production of greenhouse gases?
Fossil fuels (coal, oil and natural gas) contain carbon that has been stored underground for millions of years. When we burn these fuels for industry, transport, or to generate electricity, then carbon dioxide is released into the atmosphere. Carbon dioxide is a powerful greenhouse gas, really the only one we have much control over.
Does burning coal release carbon in the atmosphere?
Yes, when coal is burnt it releases all the carbon that has been stored in it for millions of years. This carbon into the atmosphere is a powerful greenhouse gas that is causing the recent global warming of the earth.
What type of energy produces oil?
The energy stored in mineral oil is in the form of carbon that produces energy when it forms atomic bonds with oxygen to form carbon dioxide in the burning process. That energy was originally stored when plants used to Sun's energy to separate carbon and oxygen from atmospheric carbon dioxide millions of years ago, by photosynthesis. Plants used the carbon to form tissues made from long chains of carbon atoms. In that way, burning oil, coal and natural gas releases the Sun's energy, stored millions of years ago. 1 kg of fossil fuel burns with approximately 2.5 kg of oxygen to produce 3.5 kg of carbon dioxide.
Do fossil fuels that are used and burned cause an increase in the production of greenhouse gases?
Yes, fossil fuels (coal, oil and natural gas) contain carbon that has been stored underground for millions of years. When we burn these fuels for industry, transport, or to generate electricity, then carbon dioxide is released into the atmosphere. Carbon dioxide is a powerful greenhouse gas, really the only one we have much control over.
What does carbon and fossil fuels give off?
Yes. fossil fuels differ from other fuels in that, when we burn them we are burning carbon that has been sequestered from the atmosphere for millions of years. This adds 'new' carbon dioxide that increases the total atmospheric level of greenhouse gases.
What causes more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere?
Burning fossil fuels like coal and oil (as we do to power our vehicles and to produce electricity) releases extra carbon dioxide that has been hidden away underground for millions of years.
How is human interference in the carbon cycle causing an increase in global temperatures?
The carbon cycle moves carbon dioxide (CO2) in and out of the atmosphere. It has been doing this for millions of years and this, together with the greenhouse effect, has kept the earth warm enough for life all that time.Burning fossil fuels (coal, oil and natural gas) releases carbon that was stored underground 300 million years ago, during the Permian Period.Releasing it now, as we do, adds CO2 that is extra, and more then the natural carbon cycle can manage to remove from the atmosphere. This is how we are interfering in the carbon cycle. This is what is causing global warming.
