Carbon dioxide (CO2) is a powerful greenhouse gas. In the atmosphere it captures the sun's heat and warms the planet. This is part of the natural carbon cycle. Additional carbon dioxidecomes from burning fossil fuels (coal, oil and natural gas). This CO2 has been hidden underground for millions of years so its presence is an extra burden that the carbon cycle cannot manage.
A:Carbon dioxide is a naturally occurring greenhouse gas. In previous concentrations, it helped maintain global temperatures at a level that is comfortable for humans and other animals that have adapted to the present climate. Increases in carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere are resulting in global warming, by trapping more heat. The planet Venus offers an extreme example - although its orbit is close to that of the Earth, Venus has a surface temperature that would melt lead, because its atmosphere consists mainly of carbon dioxide.In the very long term, concentrations have fallen below these levels, but always coinciding with Ice Ages. A very good demonstration of this come from an ice core two kilometres long and equivalent to 150,000-year record of warmth, cold and warmth, that a French-Soviet drilling team at Vostok Station in central Antarctica produced in 1985, a complete ice age cycle. They found that the level of atmospheric CO2 had gone up and down in remarkably close step with temperature throughout the length of the core.
The CO2 levels in the Vostok Station record got as low as 180 parts per million (ppm) in the cold periods and reached 280 in the warm periods, but never higher. But in the atmosphere over the ice, the level of the gas had already reached 350, far above anything seen in this geological era, and is now around 380 ppm.
From the time of the Industrial Revolution, things began to change, slowly at first, then gradually more quickly, especially after 1970. Using isotope comparisons for C12, C13 and C14 ratios, scientists have proven that the increase from 260-280 ppm to the present 390 ppm of atmospheric carbon dioxide is entirely due to human activities.
A:Global warming is a slow but steady rise in earth's temperatures and is caused, largely, by increase in greenhouse gases, of which the major human contribution is carbon dioxide.The greenhouse effect warms the atmosphere and is caused by atmospheric carbon dioxide. Photosynthesis consumes carbon dioxide tending to counteract greenhouse effect.
A:The Earth is much like a greenhouse where the gasses produced by the plants will stay in the greenhouse to create a much more moist and humid atmosphere.Carbon dioxide tends to block the infra-red radiation, less heat escapes, and so the planet gets warmer.
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One of the more interesting issues that is often ignored in most discussions is the saturation issue of carbon dioxide. The first 20 ppm in our atmosphere make up most of the induced warming from carbon dioxide. After the first 150 ppm or so, the ability of carbon dioxide to increase temperature by itself become almost nill. (see Lindzen-Choi graph in related link). The doubling of CO2 from the 190 to 380 ppm has followed this trend and seen less then a degree (C) of overall warmth. Doubling again, using this graph, will see almost no additional heating of the planet according to this concept.
Global warming is the result of increases in greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere, which trap heat and lead to a warming trend in global temperatures. Other factors such as deforestation and industrial activities also contribute to global warming by releasing additional greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.
Carbon dioxide and methane are the two gases that have been added to Earth's atmosphere in large amounts and are believed to have increased global warming by absorbing infrared radiation.
No, the scientific consensus overwhelmingly supports the idea that carbon dioxide is a major contributor to global warming.
Global temperatures have increased as atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide have risen, due to the greenhouse effect trapping heat in the atmosphere. This phenomenon is known as global warming, leading to climate change and resulting in more frequent and severe weather events.
Humans have greatly increased the level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. This is primarily due to the burning of fossil fuels for energy production, transportation, and industrial activities. This increase in carbon dioxide is a major contributor to global warming and climate change.
The name given to warming of the earth due to increased levels of carbon dioxide is global warming. This is a result of the greenhouse effect, where carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases trap heat in the Earth's atmosphere, leading to a rise in temperature.
Carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas. Greenhouse gases capture and retain the sun's heat. Increased carbon dioxide levels mean that more and more of this heat is retained. This is warming the earth and the atmosphere all round the world - global warming.
Increased levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide might cause global warming.
If your question is really about oxygen then it is false. And oxygen is not increasing in the atmosphere. If you are talking about carbon dioxide, a gas that IS increasing in the atmosphere, then it is true. Carbon dioxide is causing the speeding up of global warming.
Global warming is the slow, steady increase in global temperatures. It is caused by increased levels in carbon dioxide and other pollutants caused by things like factories, and transportation.
Carbon dioxide.
An increase in the atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide is the biggest contributor to global warming.
global warming
Global warming.
Global warming is the result of increases in greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere, which trap heat and lead to a warming trend in global temperatures. Other factors such as deforestation and industrial activities also contribute to global warming by releasing additional greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.
Carbon dioxide has been charged and convicted of causing global warming.
The main global problems of clearing forests and increased gas emissions are global warming and acid rain. The clearing of forests means additional carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, causing global warming. Increased gas emissions also contribute to global warming and acid rain.