0
It makes the atmosphere less able to allow heat to radiate from the Earth into space, while it makes little or no difference to the heat that arrives from the Sun, which is at a much shorter wavelength and passes through the CO2 gas. This makes the temperature rise, the icecaps melt, the level of the oceans to rise and the weather to become more stormy.
What else can I help you with?
How much carbon is put into the atmosphere each year by fossil fuel combustion?
Approximately 37.1 billion metric tons of CO2 are released into the atmosphere each year from fossil fuel combustion, accounting for the majority of anthropogenic carbon emissions.
How does a carbon molecule get transferred from a fossil fuel to the killer whale?
The fossil fuel is burnt in a machine, it produces carbon dioxide that is dumped out into the atmosphere, some of it dissolves in the ocean, it finds its way to the whale.
How is carbon in fossil fuels eventually returned to the atmosphere?
When fossil fuels are burned for energy, carbon dioxide is released as a byproduct. This carbon dioxide is then released into the atmosphere, contributing to the greenhouse gas effect. Additionally, fossil fuel extraction, processing, and transportation also release carbon dioxide emissions into the atmosphere.
How can you reduce the amount of CO2 that enters the atmosphere?
Use renewable energy instead of burning fossil fuel.
What is the one possible cause of global warming?
Burning fossil fuel adds greenhouses gases to the atmosphere.
Is nitrogen oxide a fossil fuel?
No. Most nitrogen oxides in the atmosphere are a product of combustion of some fossil fuel in air, when the heat of combustion is sufficient to activate reactions between atmospheric nitrogen and oxygen, but the oxides are not present in the fuel itself.
Is fossil fuel diesel or biodiesel?
Diesel oil is a fossil fuel.Bio diesel oil is a renewable fuel that adds to carbon dioxide to the greenhouse gases (it moves carbon dioxide in and out of the atmosphere as part of the carbon cycle).
Fossil fuel combustion effects what natural cycle?
Fossil fuel combustion primarily affects the carbon cycle. When fossil fuels are burned, carbon dioxide is released into the atmosphere, contributing to the greenhouse effect and global warming. This disrupts the natural balance of carbon in the atmosphere, oceans, and land, leading to climate change and other environmental impacts.
Is solar a fossil fuel?
No its not a fossil fuel
What process caused the atmosphere's composition to change so much?
Burning fossil fuel releases carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas which is building up in the atmosphere.
Is oil a fossil fuel or a nuclear fuel?
Oil is a fossil fuel.
How can using bio fuel help to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere?
Bio fuel emits carbon dioxide (CO2) that was removed from the atmosphere when the plant grew (this year, probably). Fossil fuels (coal, oil and natural gas) emit carbon dioxide that has been hidden away for millions of years. So using biofuel instead of fossil fuel means that less carbon dioxide is added to the atmosphere.
