What is one specific action that humans can take to reduce the rate of increase in the concentration of Carbon Dioxide in Earth's atmosphere?

Answer 1

One specific action that people can do:

• Use non-fossil-fuel based renewable electricity (solar, wind, hydroelectric, that emit no CO2) and select renewable fuel sources (biomass and biofuels). Biofuels still emit CO2, but are part of a renewable cycle so there is essentially no "net" increase of CO2 in the environment.

Answer 2

By planting trees and restoring nature to its rightful place. You can easily blame us the humans for most of the carbon dioxide. After we discovered the use of oil we began making machines. The fuel was the oil when burned it became as you know carbon dioxide. So they ways don't use to much power or fuel. It makes clouds that can cover a whole CITY. Buy planting trees and plants they take the carbon dioxide and make it into oxygen. But there is not enough of nature to absorb the carbon dioxide so. Plant those Plants and turn off the power. Because if you don't the world will end up like Venus.

Answer 3

Buy green electricity from your power company. Most companies offer the choice of green energy (powered from renewable sources) for a small additional charge. This will encourage them to source more renewable energy in the future and you will reduce the rate of CO2 increase in the atmosphere.

Answer 4

We can pump CO2 deep underground. There are a few projects geared towards capturing atmospheric carbon and sequestering it in this manner. Another thing we can do is pull CO2 from the atmosphere and sell it. CO2 has numerous commercial uses, though of course doing this consumes energy and is only temporary. If we burn coal or oil to create the energy for capturing atmospheric CO2, we only speed up the problem.

We could genetically alter some organism similar to the fresh water Arctic fern, Azolla. This fern would grow, die, and sink to the ocean floor, sequestering gigatons of atmospheric CO2 over just a few million years. The loss resulted in an ice age.

One other method I heard suggested was to nuke Columbia River basalt formations. The particulate would cause a slight cooling effect, and the resulting chemical reactions could help pull CO2 out of the atmosphere. Such activity is known as "terraforming."

The rate of increase of CO2 can be reduced by weaning ourselves off coal and oil as our primary means of generating electricity and fueling transportation.

Answer 5

Change to renewable energy (solar, wind, hydro etc) instead of fossil fuels (coal, oil and natural gas).

Answer 6

By stopping the amount of pollution that is placed in the atmosphere. Such as car emissions, litter, and nuclear waste.

Answer 7

Two words, PLANT TREES.