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Carbon dioxide or C02 is present in the atmosphere at all times about 0.33% of air consists of CO2. When it is breathed in a at this level there are negligible effects. However as oxygen is being used frequently to convert sugars into energy, co2 is released. This release of co2 diffuse into blood and move around the body and diffuses out of the blood into the lungs where it is exhaled. The co2 within the body raises the acidity of the blood, this increase of hydrogen ions creates the stimulation for exhalation. Hence why your breathing increase upon vigorous exercise as our body tries to remove co2 and take up more oxygen.

In higher concentrations co2 is poisonous due to the lack for oxygen within the surrounding air.

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