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What are the natural sources of carbon being released into the atmosphere?
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Respiration by living animals produces Carbon dioxide which is one major source. Cattle produce methane gas. This gas is also released naturally from the seabed in the Gulf of Mexico amongst other places. Decaying plants, trees or animals, in other words, any organic matter produces carbon. Also without humans, natural forest fires (burning) would still occur and this would produce carbon dioxide and other materials such as soot and traces of carbon monoxide.
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Being that our atmosphere was made by volcanic eruptions why arn't there higher traces of atmospheric carbon dioxide?
"Carbon dioxide is released to the atmosphere by a variety of natural sources, and over 95% of total CO2 emissions would occur even if humans were not present on Earth. For example, the natural decay of organic material in forests and grasslands, such as dead trees, results in the release of about 220 gigatonnes of carbon dioxide every year. This carbon dioxide alone is over 8 times the amount emitted by humans. These natural sources are balanced by natural sinks, which remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.The increase in carbon dioxide concentration arises because the increase from human activity is not balanced by a corresponding sink."
How can less carbon dioxide be released into the atmosphere?
By cutting down the amount of fossil fuels (coal, oil and natural gas) we burn.
Why trees in a sustainable city?
Trees remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, store the carbon and release oxygen. A sustainable city will be generating electricity from renewable sources. Its building will be designed so they maximise natural cooling and heating. A sustainable city will be seeking to lower the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and trees will do that.
What is the role of the atmosphere in the carbon cycle?
Nature produces the vast bulk of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Rotting trees, and dead matter produce over 90% of the current levels of carbon dioxide. Man produces between 3 and 6 percent of all CO2 annually.
Where does co2 loading occur?
- carbon dioxide is released in the atmosphere: - part of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is absorbed by the biosphere - part of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is absorbed by body of waters
Why are forests?
Carbon dioxide is released into the atmosphere from many sources including our breathing. This carbon dioxide is the pollution that causes global warming. Trees naturally absorb carbon dioxide to create energy and therefore stop it from being released into the atmosphere. This is why we need to conserve our forests.
Being that our atmosphere was made by volcanic eruptions why arn't there higher traces of atmospheric carbon dioxide?
"Carbon dioxide is released to the atmosphere by a variety of natural sources, and over 95% of total CO2 emissions would occur even if humans were not present on Earth. For example, the natural decay of organic material in forests and grasslands, such as dead trees, results in the release of about 220 gigatonnes of carbon dioxide every year. This carbon dioxide alone is over 8 times the amount emitted by humans. These natural sources are balanced by natural sinks, which remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.The increase in carbon dioxide concentration arises because the increase from human activity is not balanced by a corresponding sink."
Which increase the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere acting as a carbon sources?
Respiration :)
What increases the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere acting as a carbon sources?
Burning fossil fuels (coal, oil and natural gas) and deforestation increase the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Respiration and other aspects of the carbon cycle do not increase the amount as a similar volume is being removed at the same time.
What natural methods remove CO2 from the atmosphere?
Growing vegetation, like trees, plants and crops, removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. The other natural method is the carbon cycle, which moves carbon in and out of the atmosphere, in and out of the oceans, and in and out of the land.
How is carbon extracted from atmosphere?
Carbon is removed from the atmosphere in some ways. For example, plants and trees eliminate carbon from the atmosphere through photosynthesis. Carbon will be released into the atmosphere when an organism dies.
Why should carbon stay the same in the atmosphere?
Carbon in the atmosphere is added by processes like combustion, decomposition and losses from methane sources. It is removed by photosynthesis and, chemical reaction and dissolving in ocean water. As long as the sources exceed the sinks the carbon will stay (and increase) in the atmosphere. Human activities increase the sources and decrease the sinks.
What is the natural reservoirs that absorb and store more carbon from the atmosphere?
Carbon Sink
What are two sources of carbon dioxide in air?
Carbon dioxide is the waste product of the process of respiration in plants and animals and it is also released into the atmosphere by active volcanoes.The burning of coal and wood
What are the natural components of your atmosphere?
O, carbon dioxide
What three things cause carbon to be released into the atmosphere as carbon dioxide?
The carbon cycle moves carbon from the earth and the oceans into the atmosphere.Burning fossil fuels (coal, oil and natural gas) releases carbon.When animals, and humans, breathe we release carbon into the atmosphere.Burning fossil fuels or wood (all containing carbon) the carbon dioxide is released in the atmosphere.The answer is the natural carbon cycle, in which animals exhale carbon dioxide into the atmosphere and plants then absorb the gas and use it to build their cells, which are of course later consumed by the animals.
Where is carbon in the atmosphere mostly found?
Carbon Dioxide at .033% The only other two sources in the atmosphere are methane and carbon dioxide both of which are much less abundant.
