Question

Compare how fast the rate of CO2 increase is in the last few hundred years with the rate of increase (or decrease, for that matter) in the preceding 400,000 years. What are the primary factors driving this change (that weren't present before

Answer 1

The rate of CO2 increase is in the last few hundred years is 10 times more with the rate of increase (or decrease, for that matter) in the preceding 400,000 years.

There are many possible reasons for this cause , some primary factors are listed below:

1. Increase in population
2. increased emission of green house gases, as we all know auto mobile industry is growing rapidly and this vehicles releases harmful gases like CO2, CO ,etc. and increases carbon % , this CO2 is a main gas component in green house effect.
3. Deforestation, as the amount of plant decreases the CO2 present in atmosphere increases, plants uses CO2 and sun lite to make their food via photosynthesis.
4. Increased emission of Industrial flue gases, etc.

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