The Major Factor Causing Carbon Dioxide Increase in the Atmosphere

question 79

Multiple Choice

The major factor causing carbon dioxide increase in the atmosphere is that

• A) fossil-fuel deposition is occurring faster than fossil-fuel burning.
• B) fossil-fuel burning is producing CO₂ faster than it can be stored in oceans or on land.
• C) carbon dioxide production has declined since the Industrial Revolution.
• D) detritivores are unable to reduce organic carbon to carbon dioxide.
• E) movement of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere to terrestrial stores has increased.

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