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How much carbon is released each year from burning fossil fuels, and where does it go?
Approximately 36 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide are released each year from burning fossil fuels. This carbon dioxide is released into the atmosphere, where it contributes to the greenhouse effect and climate change.
How is carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere?
There is the natural carbon cycle, in which animals exhale carbon dioxide, but plants absorb the gas and use it to build their cells, which are of course consumed by the animals. Death and rotting are also part of this long-term cycle. However this does not add new carbon dioxide to the atmosphere, and concentrations remained relatively constant in the range 260 to 280 parts per million (ppm) prior to the start of the Industrial Age.Relatively small amounts of new carbon dioxide are released into the atmosphere by volcanic eruptions.Anthropogenic additions of new carbon dioxide are released into the atmosphere by burning fossil fuels and manufacturing cement.Deforestation releases into the atmosphere carbon dioxide that is not strictly from 'new' carbon but which was stored in the forests for many thousands of years, thereby adding to the atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide.A:After plants go through photosynthesis and when they die and decay, it comes back up into the atmosphere. By animals, the carbon is released by the animal dying and decaying into the soil, and also carbon goes into the atmosphere from the body of the dead animal..Carbon dioxide is released into the air by doing simple every-day activities, such as using a dishwasher or a microwave, using air conditioning, or even turning on a light. The biggest producers of carbon dioxide are cars. In the US alone cars released 314 million metric tons in 2004. Carbon dioxide is also released into the air when plants or animals die. Bacteria, fungi, and other decomposers break down their parts, and release carbon dioxide into the air.
If the Earth's original atmosphere was mainly carbon dioxide where did it all go and how?
The carbon dioxide in Earth's original atmosphere was converted into other compounds through processes like photosynthesis by early life forms and weathering of rocks. This led to the formation of oxygen and carbon reservoirs, ultimately leading to the evolution of the current atmosphere with a different composition.
Why do carbon dioxide levels change seasonally?
Carbon dioxide levels change seasonally due to the natural processes of photosynthesis and respiration in plants. During the spring and summer months, plants take in carbon dioxide for photosynthesis, which reduces the levels in the atmosphere. In the fall and winter, when plants go dormant or lose their leaves, respiration releases carbon dioxide back into the atmosphere, causing an increase in levels.
What would happen to the atmosphere's temperatures if there wasn't any carbon dioxide?
The atmosphere would be slightly cooler than it is now if there were no carbon dioxide in it. Carbon dioxide is just one of several so-called "greenhouse gasses". It is second in importance to water vapor, a very distant second. So, if all the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere suddenly disappeared, it would not affect temperatures very much. What you have to worry about is the effect on plant life. Plants cannot survive without carbon dioxide. No trees, no crops. Fortunately, it's just not possible to deplete all of the carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Even over the long term. There are plenty of sources for carbon dioxide, including the burning of fossil fuels and respiration of animal life. And if that all ran out, then you have about a hundred times as much CO2 stored in the oceans as there is in the atmosphere, and that would go back into the atmosphere rather quickly.
If you burn plants where does the carbon primarily go to?
Into the atmosphere as carbon dioxide.
How does carbon dioxide go back to the atmosphere?
Carbon dioxide goes back to the atmosphere through respiration, the decomposition of plants and animals, and combustion.
How much carbon is released each year from burning fossil fuels, and where does it go?
Approximately 36 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide are released each year from burning fossil fuels. This carbon dioxide is released into the atmosphere, where it contributes to the greenhouse effect and climate change.
Where does the carbon in CO2 go Doesn't gravity and rain clean the CO2 from the atmosphere?
No. Carbon dioxide is thoroughly mixed into the atmosphere and cannot separate from the air simply though gravity. Some carbon dioxide does go into water to become locked away in carbonate minerals, but the primary way of removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere is through photosynthesis, a process by which plants and algae convert water and carbon dioxide into sugar and oxygen. Currently we are producing more carbon dioxide than the plants can absorb, resulting in an increase in the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
How is carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere?
There is the natural carbon cycle, in which animals exhale carbon dioxide, but plants absorb the gas and use it to build their cells, which are of course consumed by the animals. Death and rotting are also part of this long-term cycle. However this does not add new carbon dioxide to the atmosphere, and concentrations remained relatively constant in the range 260 to 280 parts per million (ppm) prior to the start of the Industrial Age.Relatively small amounts of new carbon dioxide are released into the atmosphere by volcanic eruptions.Anthropogenic additions of new carbon dioxide are released into the atmosphere by burning fossil fuels and manufacturing cement.Deforestation releases into the atmosphere carbon dioxide that is not strictly from 'new' carbon but which was stored in the forests for many thousands of years, thereby adding to the atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide.A:After plants go through photosynthesis and when they die and decay, it comes back up into the atmosphere. By animals, the carbon is released by the animal dying and decaying into the soil, and also carbon goes into the atmosphere from the body of the dead animal..Carbon dioxide is released into the air by doing simple every-day activities, such as using a dishwasher or a microwave, using air conditioning, or even turning on a light. The biggest producers of carbon dioxide are cars. In the US alone cars released 314 million metric tons in 2004. Carbon dioxide is also released into the air when plants or animals die. Bacteria, fungi, and other decomposers break down their parts, and release carbon dioxide into the air.
Why is carbon dioxide released from dead roots?
For a plant to live, it breathes in carbon dioxide. When a plant dies it still has to go somewhere if it isn't used, because the plant will start to decompose, so the carbon dioxide is released
Where does nitrogen fro the atmosphere go before it enters plant?
carbon dioxide
Where does the carbon dioxide go once your body gets rid of it?
Out of your body into the surrounding atmosphere.
Does the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere go up every year?
Yes, the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has been increasing annually due to human activities such as burning fossil fuels and deforestation. This increase in carbon dioxide is a significant driver of global climate change.
Where does an animals or plant carbon go when it dies?
The carbon is released back into the carbon pool in the atmosphere
Does plant breed out carbon dioxide?
If you mean 'breathe' out, then no. They take in carbon dioxide, and with the presence of water, go through photosynthesis and convert it into oxygen and carbohydrates, which they then release into the atmosphere.
What are carbon emissions a part of?
Carbon dioxide and monoxide are byproducts of combustion. You also breathe out carbon dioxide. The gases go into the atmosphere and play a (only partially-understood) role in the earth's climate.
