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    OPPOSING INTRODUCTION Since Svante Arrhenius of Sweden first expressed his concerns about the anthropogenic effects of carbon dioxide (CO2) on global warming in the early twentieth century, scientists have been attempting to convince the world’s citizens of an inevitable climate catastrophe. In the 1980s, Al Gore pioneered the politicization and polarization of the issue by co-sponsoring congressional hearings. From this point forward, government agencies and many climatologists have continued

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    fossil fuels becomes more prevalent in industries throughout the world, the emissions of carbon dioxide inevitably increases and cause a surplus of the gas in the environment. The excess of carbon dioxide leads to adverse effects, such as global warming, and results in the need for techniques to be implicated in order remove the CO2. Understanding how carbon dioxide can affect life on Earth has prompted carbon dioxide scrubbing to become a practice exercised by not only companies using fossil fuels, but

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    In living organisms, carbon is one of the most abundant elements. It combines with other organic molecules to form macromolecules such as glucose, sucrose, monosaccharide, and so on. It contains energy which plants and animals use. Carbon combining with oxygen gives carbon dioxide which plants use for respiration. Conversely, the oxygen plants release as a waste product is used for respiration in animals. Carbon dioxide in the presence of photosynthesis gives: Carbon dioxide + water

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    temperatures on the rate of carbon dioxide production in yeast. So, to test this method five fermentation tubes were filled with glucose and yeast mixture, after that they were placed in water to see which one yielded the most carbon dioxide. The results that were produced concluded that yeast can produce carbon dioxide more efficiently with a temperate of approximately 45 degrees Celsius. The carbon dioxide production was tracked in the fermentation of yeast. Carbon dioxide production was also different

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    Analyzes and Conversion of Carbon Dioxide Abundance Data Alondra Roman California State University of Long Beach Analyzes and Conversion of Carbon Dioxide Abundance Data Carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas that traps the heat from the sun. The ocean, atmosphere, and land surface constantly absorb and produce carbon dioxide. Over the years the abundance of carbon dioxide has increased. By critically analyzing 2D data on carbon dioxide a pattern was recognized and converting it into a 3D model required

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    first hand investigation to demonstrate the effect of dissolved carbon dioxide on the pH of water. DUE DATE: 21/11/07 CONDUCTOR: Wissam Bardouh EFFECT OF DISSOLVED CARBON DIOXIDE (CO2) ON PH OF WATER Introduction: ((Carbon Dioxide is a greenhouse gas. It is everywhere ranging from our bodies to the atmosphere. Carbon dioxide is produced in living organisms as a result of cellular respiration (glucose + oxygen -->carbon dioxide + water + energy). It occurs in high concentrations in the tissues

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    Carbon Dioxide impacts global climate because it is emitted into the atmosphere, and traps heat inside of Earth, which is causing Earth to become warmer. Over time, Carbon dioxide levels have risen. In December of 2005, the Carbon dioxide level was at 380.75 ppm (parts per million), and in November of 2011, the Carbon dioxide level was at 392.41 ppm. This year, in March of 2018, the Carbon dioxide level was at 407.96 ppm, so they have risen a lot since 2005. Carbon dioxide is related to the Greenhouse

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    Damon Matthews, a professor in Concordia University’s Department of Geography, found a direct connection between carbon dioxide and global warming. Matthew’s studies show that same global temperature increase, regardless of when or over what period of time the emission occurs. The effect of adding more carbon dioxide is predicted in the theory of greenhouse gases. Swedish scientist, Syante Arrhenius, first proposed the theory in 1896, based on earlier work by Fourier and Tyndall. At the same time

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    Effects of increasing carbon dioxide on coral reefs and the ecosystem services Coral reefs are not just a bar of coral living beneath the surface of the water, but a diverse ecosystem with many food webs and inter-species relationships. Coral itself has a complex symbiotic relationship between polyp and zooplankton which lives as an endosymbiont in the polyp tissue. Ecosystem services are what the Coral provides to its nearby organisms and the physical environment. Coral’s calcium carbonate shell

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    electricity because it is a main factor to producing carbon dioxide. Throughout years it has increased the effect of carbon dioxide GLOBALLY. a) Describe ONE source of excess carbon dioxide pollution and explain scientifically how it has impacted the environment.`` On average the world us 39% electricity therefore, electricity consumption is an important portion of a customer’s environmental footprint, which leads to the production of Carbon Dioxide ( Co2) a few ways production of electricity has affected

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