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What was the amount of carbon dioxide between the years 1000 and 1800?
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Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere between 1000 and 1800 were steady around 280 ppm (parts per million). Levels now (2013) are approaching 400 ppm.
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What element transformed carbon dioxide atmosphere a billion years ago to what you breathe?
Oxygen is the element that transformed Carbon Dioxide atmosphere a billion years ago to what you breathe.
What is locked up carbon dioxide?
Carbon dioxide that has been taken out of the atmosphere and trapped inside oceans, sedimentary rocks, volcanoes etc. from billions and billions of years ago.
Burning coal produces the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide is this a false statement about the use of coal?
No, this is true. Coal is a fossil fuel which holds carbon which has been trapped underground for millions of years. When it is burnt the carbon dioxide is released where it adds to the greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
How can carbon dioxide be considered a pollutant when it is a natural component of air?
The Vostok ice core samples from Antarctica showed that the concentrations of carbon dioxide had been in the range of 260 to 280 parts per million (ppm) throughout all human history until the beginning of the Industrial Age, falling to around 160 ppm during the Ice Ages. This has increased by around 35 per cent to the present level of 380 ppm due mainly to human activities such as burning fossil fuels, and therefore should not be regarded as a natural occurrence. Chemical determination of CO2 levels from the 1800's and early 1900's by noble prize winning science experts showed levels of CO2 in our atmosphere to be around 400 ppm throughout most of this time period, with highs of over 430 ppm. Determining an actual average is a very difficult process. The largest producer of CO2 is nature and when determining levels of CO2, it is important to stay away from prime contributors of CO2, like rotting vegetation or volcanoes.
What happens when an acid reacts with a carbonate?
A salt, carbon dioxide and water is produced. Eg. 2HCl + Na2CO3 -------> 2NaCl + CO2 + H2O Reaction: hydrochloric acid + Sodium carbonate produce sodium chloride (salt), carbon dioxide and water.
How does the greenhouse effect increase the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere?
The greenhouse effect does not increase the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. The greenhouse effect happens because of the carbon dioxide (and other greenhouse gases) in the atmosphere.It is the burning of fossil fuels that increases the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Burning coal, oil and natural gas releases age-old carbon dioxide that was laid down underground millions of years ago, so letting it free now puts an impossible burden on the carbon cycle, which cannot remove it.
What is the problem with a small increase in carbon dioxide concentration in the atmosphere?
A small amount of carbon dioxide is all it takes to keep the earth comfortably warm for millions of years. A small increase in the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is all it takes to cause global warming and threaten the future of the human race.
What effect does fuel have on the amount of carbon dioxide in the air?
Most of our fuel is fossil fuel, that is, coal, oil and natural gas. When these are used for fuel (by burning) they release carbon which has been stored in them for millions of years. This is adding to the amount of carbon dioxide (a greenhouse gas) in the atmosphere.
What is an increase in CO2?
This means an increase in the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere. There is a normal balance of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Trees and green plants soak it up, and then when the trees rot or are burnt the carbon dioxide goes back into the atmosphere. However, more than 200 years ago we began seriously burning coal and oil. This released carbon dioxide that had been trapped millions of years ago. So over the years the amount of this gas in the atmosphere has been increasing. Most climate scientists agree that this increase in carbon dioxide is contributing to climate change and global warming.
Starting billions of years ago algae lowered the levels in the atmosphere?
Carbon Dioxide
How many years to recycle carbon dioxide?
None. Plants recycle carbon dioxide continuously.
How does respiration affect the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere?
Respiration, breathing, has no effect on the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. This is part of the natural carbon cycle. Burning fossil fuels (coal, oil and natural gas) releases carbon dioxide that has been hidden away for millions of years. This extra gas is increasing in the atmosphere.
What proof does the U.S. have that carbon dioxide levels have increased in the last 50 years?
We can measure the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Because carbon dioxide mixes well the measurement is about the same all over the world. Recently we have just reached 400 ppm (parts per million) or 0.04%.
How much co2 does a tree absorb per year?
Almost half the mass of a tree is carbon, taken from the atmosphere in the form of carbon dioxide. A tree only takes in carbon when it is growing, and the amount that a tree grows in a year varies from tree to tree. Old trees are bigger and grow more than young trees in a year, usually.
Why did the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere stay constant for thousands of years?
The levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere stayed constant for thousands of years because of the carbon cycle, which moves carbon throughout the air, oceans and land. There was also no burning of fossil fuels (coal, oil and natural gas), and nobody had cut down the great forests of the world.
What causes carbon dioxide to level in the atmosphere?
Levels of carbon dioxide are maintained when the amount of carbon dioxide being absorbed by the oceans and plant life equals the amount of carbon dioxide created by all natural and man made sources. When these sources exceed the ability to absorb, the levels go up. The major threat to this equilibrium is, of course, the burning of fossil fuels (coal, oil and natural gas), which releases carbon dioxide hidden away for millions of years.
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.
