what effect does carbon have on the environment?

Question

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Answer 1

>carbon when used as fuel or Hydro Carbons in petrol.domestic fuels or organic copounds containing carbon in food etc are oxidised to CO2 .CO2 in the presence of Light and choroplast gets converted back to carbohydrate and other bio-chemical by Photosynthesis and Oxygen is releaed in the atmosphere essential for living organisms to breath.When CO2 is in excess -lot of heat is also released which increases the environmental heat (Global Warming -"Green house effect"etc) detrimental to environment

Answer 2

carbon is a very important element and the earth needs carbon to keep the surface at a certain temp, but to much of carbon will trap the sun rays and warm the earth more than needed, warming the ocean and as many scientist have said that warm water equals more intense hurricanes and the effect of "global warming" will occur.

Answer 3

Carbon is found in all of our burnable fuels.
Carbon is in carbohydrates, fats and proteins that we eat for fuel.
Plants use CO2 from the atmosphere to make carbohydrates.
All fires give off CO2 as do animals and plants when breathing
Plastics are made from petroleum, and are oil based
All of our fibers for clothes are carbon based