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Carbon dioxide from burning fossil fuels (coal, oil and natural gas) ends up in the atmosphere. The normal carbon cycle is able to remove more than half of it, but the rest remains, slowly building up from 280 ppm (parts per million) 150 years ago to the present (2013) 400 ppm. This build up is what is causing global warming.
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What Carbon moves through the carbon cycle in all of the processes except what?
Carbon moves through the carbon cycle in all processes, except for the burning of fossil fuels. Fossil fuel burning releases carbon dioxide (CO2) into the atmosphere, which disrupts the natural carbon cycle by increasing the concentration of CO2, a greenhouse gas, in the atmosphere.
Is natural gas the cleanest burning fossil fuel?
Natural gas is considered one of the cleanest burning fossil fuels because it produces less carbon dioxide and fewer pollutants compared to coal and oil when burned. However, it still releases greenhouse gases like methane, which can contribute to global warming if not controlled properly.
Is burning fossil fuels the reason carbon dioxide is building up in your atmosphere?
Yes, burning fossil fuels releases carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, contributing to the increase in atmospheric concentrations of this greenhouse gas. This is a major driver of climate change and global warming.
Is butane a fossil fuel?
Yes, if propane escapes into the atmosphere it will be a greenhouse gas. Propane is a by-product of natural gas and petroleum refining. It is a fossil fuel and releases carbon dioxide when burnt.
Is carbon 12 associated with fossil fuel burning?
Yes, you might have heard, which lead you to ask this question. I remember seeing graph's of how much and what time frame Carbon 12 has been put into are atmosphere. Here is one website that has a good explanation about it, all I did was type carbon 12 released from burning fossil fuels. http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2004/12/how-do-we-know-that-recent-cosub2sub-increases-are-due-to-human-activities-updated/ And here is a short passage from that website... Another, quite independent way that we know that fossil fuel burning and land clearing specifically are responsible for the increase in CO2 in the last 150 years is through the measurement of carbon isotopes. Isotopes are simply different atoms with the same chemical behavior (isotope means "same type") but with different masses. Carbon is composed of three different isotopes, 14C, 13C and 12C. 12C is the most common. 13C is about 1% of the total. 14C accounts for only about 1 in 1 trillion carbon atoms. CO2 produced from burning fossil fuels or burning forests has quite a different isotopic composition from CO2 in the atmosphere. This is because plants have a preference for the lighter isotopes (12C vs. 13C); thus they have lower 13C/12C ratios. Since fossil fuels are ultimately derived from ancient plants, plants and fossil fuels all have roughly the same 13C/12C ratio - about 2% lower than that of the atmosphere. As CO2 from these materials is released into, and mixes with, the atmosphere, the average 13C/12C ratio of the atmosphere decreases
What fossil fuel is the cleanest burning fuel?
Natural gas (methane (CH4)) is the cleanest burning fuel, emitting the smallest amount of carbon dioxide of all the fossil fuels (coal, oil and natural gas).
Is petroleum the cleanest burning fossil fuel?
No. Petrol is cleaner than coal, but it is not the cleanest. Natural gas (methane (CH4)) is the cleanest burning fuel, emitting the smallest amount of carbon dioxide of all the fossil fuels (coal, oil and natural gas).
What Carbon moves through the carbon cycle in all of the processes except what?
Carbon moves through the carbon cycle in all processes, except for the burning of fossil fuels. Fossil fuel burning releases carbon dioxide (CO2) into the atmosphere, which disrupts the natural carbon cycle by increasing the concentration of CO2, a greenhouse gas, in the atmosphere.
Is crude oil the cleanest burning fossil fuel?
No, the cleanest is Natural gas. Natural gas (methane (CH4)) is the cleanest burning fuel, emitting the smallest amount of carbon dioxide of all the fossil fuels (coal, oil and natural gas).
Is natural gas is cleanest fossil fuel?
Yes. Natural gas (methane (CH4)) is the cleanest burning fuel, emitting the smallest amount of carbon dioxide of all the fossil fuels (coal, oil and natural gas).
What does not cause global warming burning fossil fuel fishing deforestation and driving?
Fishing. All the rest put extra carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
How is burning fossil fuel helpful to wildlife?
In no way at all is burning fossil fuels (coal, oil and natural gas) helpful to wildlife.
What is the common atom in fossil fuel?
Carbon Most common in all fossil fuels is carbon. In natural gas, both hydrogen and carbon are common.
What is the cleanest fossil fuel often sent through pipelines?
Natural gas (methane (CH4)) is the cleanest burning fuel, emitting the smallest amount of carbon dioxide of all the fossil fuels (coal, oil and natural gas). It is often sent through pipelines.
Is natural gas the cleanest burning fossil fuel?
Natural gas is considered one of the cleanest burning fossil fuels because it produces less carbon dioxide and fewer pollutants compared to coal and oil when burned. However, it still releases greenhouse gases like methane, which can contribute to global warming if not controlled properly.
What is the second cleanest burning fuel?
Of the fossil fuels (coal, oil and natural gas) oil is the second cleanest. Coal is the dirtiest, and natural gas (methane (CH4)) is the cleanest burning fuel, emitting the smallest amount of carbon dioxide of all the fossil fuels.
What is neaded for a fuel to burn?
Oxygen is needed for fuel to burn, considering that we take up the oxidation process as burning in layman language. All fossil fuels contain Carbon or its related compounds and they oxidise to release energy, CO2 and water.
