Name 5.) Carbon Cycling Atmospheric CO, at Mauna Loa Observatory 400 Scripps Ins

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Name 5.) Carbon Cycling Atmospheric CO, at Mauna Loa Observatory 400 Scripps Institution of Oceanography NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory Z 380 3 ?360 o. ? 3401. 0. NORA 320 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 a.) Explain the variations of carbon dioxide over time. (6 points) b.) Where does the excess atmospheric carbon dioxide go (6.0 gigatons of C per year enter the atmosphere from the burning of fossil fuels, yet atmospheric concentrations only increase by 3.2 gigatons of C per year)? (4 points)

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A) in 1960 CO2 concentration in the atmosphere is near about 300 ppb.in 1970 it slightly increases to 330 ppb and the slope of CO2 concentration continuous increases from that with time. in 2010 it increases upto 390ppb.

B) the excess CO2 in consumed by the plants which takes Carbon dioxide and releases oxigen into the atmosphere.

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