Explain at least 4 steps to be taken to balance carbon dioxide in the atmosphere

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Explain at least 4 steps to be taken to balance carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

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Since climate change will lead to an ecological system that is out of balance, considerable efforts should be made to balance the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Among these actions are:

1. Forest:- Naturally, photosynthesis removes carbon dioxide, and trees are particularly adept at storing the carbon that is taken out of the atmosphere via photosynthesis. Utilizing the power of photosynthesis, which transforms carbon dioxide in the air into carbon stored in wood and soils, can help expand, restore, and manage forests to encourage increased carbon uptake.

2.Mineralization of Carbon:- Natural chemical reactions between CO2 and some minerals transform carbon from a gas into a solid. It happens naturally extremely slowly, over hundreds or thousands of years, and is known as increased weathering or carbon mineralization. Injecting carbon into appropriate rock types, where it reacts to form a solid carbonate, can also be utilised to use carbon mineralization as a method of storing CO2. Furthermore, some applications might replace traditional production techniques for goods like concrete, which are used on a scale of many billion tonnes globally.

 

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