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Why was Hawaii chosen as a site to measure carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere?
- carbon dioxide is a green house gas
- determinations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere are important for the study of climate changes, especially for the evolution of temperatures
- determinations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere are also important for the study of seas/oceans acidity (and of course for marine Biology) because CO2 is easily absorbed in water
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What does respiration remove from the atmosphere?
Carbon dioxide is being released. As you breathe in you inhale fresh oxygen, but as you breathe out your body releases carbon dioxide.
What absorbs carbon dioxide from the atmosphere?
The carbon dioxide is absorbed by: 1. Chlorophyll in green plants. The chlorophyll breaks down the carbon dioxide to carbon and oxygen. The carbon is used by the plant as a nutrient and the oxygen is released to the atmosphere. 2. Oceans. The carbon dioxide absorbed and dissolved in the water. The carbon dioxide is adsorbed by green algae and water micro organisms.
How did bacteria change early earths atmosphere?
Earth's early atmosphere was primarily composed of carbon dioxide. Early bacteria used carbon dioxide as a source of fuel and as a result produced oxygen.
What process returns carbon to the atmosphere?
Several processes release carbon as gases (carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, methane) into the atmosphere. Three important processes are fuel combustion, respiration, and methane release. -- Combustion of carbon-based fuels (wood, alcohol, biogas, or fossil fuels) remove oxygen and combine it to form carbon dioxide and other compounds. -- Plant and animal respiration release carbon dioxide. This is the reverse operation of photosynthesis. -- Methane is released from ruminant animals, from decomposition of organisms, and from ocean-bottom clathrate deposits.
What are two sources of carbon dioxide in air?
Carbon dioxide is the waste product of the process of respiration in plants and animals and it is also released into the atmosphere by active volcanoes.The burning of coal and wood
How can one accurately measure carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere?
One can accurately measure carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere using instruments like gas analyzers or satellites that can detect and quantify the concentration of carbon dioxide in the air. These instruments use various methods such as infrared spectroscopy or laser-based techniques to measure the amount of carbon dioxide present in the atmosphere.
Does carbon dioxide sink or rise in the atmosphere?
Carbon dioxide rises in the atmosphere.
What molecule carries most of the carbon in the atmosphere?
Carbon dioxide (CO2) is the molecule that carries most of the carbon in the atmosphere.
Does Soils emit carbon dioxide into the atmosphere?
Yes, I think soil can emit carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
The process of decay releases carbon dioxide into the atmosphere?
The process of decay releases carbon dioxide into the atmosphere
How could cutting down trees lead to the build up of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere?
Trees absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere during photosynthesis. When trees are cut down and not replaced, this carbon dioxide is no longer absorbed, leading to an increase in its levels in the atmosphere. Additionally, when trees are burnt or decompose, the stored carbon is released back into the atmosphere as carbon dioxide.
What the from of carbon in the atmosphere?
Most of the carbon in the atmosphere is in the form of carbon dioxide, (CO2) gas.
Carbon is stored in the atmosphere in the form of what molecule?
Carbon is stored in the atmosphere primarily as carbon dioxide (CO2) molecule.
What percentage of carbon dioxide is in mars atmosphere?
About 95.3% of Mars' atmosphere is composed of carbon dioxide.
How man contribute to the formation of the atmosphere?
Well I know that the atmosphere has carbon dioxide in it, and when we breath out we release carbon dioxide that could be then added to the atmosphere.
Which increases the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere acting as carbon dioxide?
Respiration :)
Which Planets have atmosphere mostly carbon dioxide?
Venus and Mars haveatmospheres mostly consisting ofcarbon dioxide.
