what does carbon dioxide do to our atmoshphere?

Answer 1

Effects of CO2 on our atmosphere is not well understood despite what the media might say.

Observing other planets in the solar system (Venus, Mars) and (depending on who you ask) reasonable scientific principles suggest that elevated CO2 will delay the disapation of solar energy into space resulting in elevated average gound tempratures.

The indirect effects of warmer ground tempratures on weather patterns and ocean levels is what could cause a great deal of problems for people around the world. More heat means more energy to drive winds and pull moisture into the air. How specific regions of the earth will be effected is hotly debated.

It is also believed the upper atmosphere would experience some cooling which would cause it to contract some, resulting in less drag on low orbiting objects.

More CO2 may also change the acidity levels of soil and oceans. Some plants may grow more readily and some ocean animals that use calcium carbonate in their shells may increase in numbers. Other animals that are sensitive to the O2 / CO2 ratio, like insects that resparate through membranes, may fair worse.

Answer 2

My uneducated guess would be; the increased levels of carbon dioxide would decrease atmospheric temperatures.Co2 absorbes heat molecules in the atmoshere. it also is used by plants to cause a chemical reaction inside the plants cell to produce the energy it needs to grow, and one of the by products of this chemical reaction, is oxygen. Therefore, if the levels of carbon dioxide has increased, then, people in governments world wide should begin to grow plants that will in effect absorb alot of the Co2.

Answer 3

Nothing much. It is just there in the air. It is what it does to the life on Earth that matters.

Answer 4

it keeps in the sun's warmth so that we have to worry about global warming, as long as we plant a lot of trees we shouldn't have to worry as much

Answer 5

Look at this link

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_dioxide