Pearson eText Geosystems: An Introduction to Physical Geography -- Instant Access (Pearson+)
Pearson eText Geosystems: An Introduction to Physical Geography -- Instant Access (Pearson+)
10th Edition
ISBN: 9780134857213
Author: Robert Christopherson, Ginger Birkeland
Publisher: PEARSON+
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Chapter 10, Problem 1GQ
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The quantity left to increase CO2 levels in the atmosphere if plants have taken 10 Gt of carbon, and some is dissolved in the oceans.

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Introduction:

Fossil fuel is formed by anaerobic decomposition of buried dead organisms containing energy that originates from photosynthesis by natural process.

Increasing CO2 is stored in the atmosphere that leads to an increase in global warming. This condition increases the number of water vapors in the atmosphere. If the 10 Gt of carbon is taken by the plants and some dissolved in ocean, then 800 Gt of carbon is left in the atmosphere. This is because human carbon emissions to the atmosphere are not in balance with the uptake of carbon on land and some parts dissolved in the ocean.

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