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It is a problem because the carbon has been stored for 300 million years. Adding it to the atmosphere now is too much for the carbon cycle to manage, so levels build up causing global warming.
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Which process moves carbon stored in fossil fuel into another carbon reservoir?
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How is carbon stored in living things?
photosynthesis, protein, fossil fuels
How do men return the carbon stored in fossil fuels to the carbon oxygen cycle by burning what?
Men return this to the atmosphere by burning fossil fuels (coal, oil and natural gas) in industry, transport and the generation of electricity. The problem here is that the release is triggering global warming.
Explain where the carbon stored in fossil fuels comes from?
The carbon that are stored in Fossil fuels comes from animals, while other may argue that it comes from the huge mass of tree and plants that covered the earth many years ago.
People return carbon stored in fossil fuels to the carbon-oxygen cycle by burning what?
By burning the fossil fuels. Fossil fuels are natural fuels such as coal or gas, formed in the geological past from the remains of living organisms.
Which biogeochemical cycle includes a reservoir underground stored as fossil fuels?
Carbon Cycleor if you want to call it the Carbon/ Oxygen Cycle
Can you say that carbon is found in fossil fuels?
Yes, carbon from trees, plants and animal life (maybe even some early dinosaurs) was stored in fossil fuels 300 million years ago.
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.
Explain where the carbon from fossil fuels come from?
The carbon that are stored in Fossil fuels comes from animals, while other may argue that it comes from the huge mass of tree and plants that covered the earth many years ago.
How does a carbon atom get from the atmosphere to a fossil fuel?
Fossil fuels were at one time living organisms (usually plants). The plants took in carbon dioxide from the air and then release oxygen. The carbon is stored in the plant. When the plant dies, the carbon stays in it, throughout the transformations it goes through to become a fossil fuel. When the fuel is burned, the carbon is release in the burning process, usually in the form of carbon dioxide.
Where is most carbon stored in the geosphere?
Either Limestone Deposits, Fossil Fuel Deposits, or Soil.Source: An unanswered science quiz question
What affect human activity is having on the amount of carbon stored in sinks?
Burning large amounts of fossil fuels and cutting down forests.
