Why is it important to reduce the amount of co2 being released?

Question

ITS A GEOGRAPHY QUESTION ANY 1 HELP ME ON IT

Answer 1

From the 3rd site listed:

"Carbon dioxide and other air pollution that is collecting in the atmosphere like a thickening blanket, trapping the sun's heat and causing the planet to warm up."

This warming will have consequences for the United States and the world, because in addition to the warming,  sea-level will rise and gradually inundate coastal areas, increase beach erosion and flooding from coastal storms, and prompt changes in precipitation patterns, increased risk of droughts and floods, threats to biodiversity, and a number of potential challenges for public health.

Answer 2

Because there is this myth being  circulated that Co2 is causing global warming.

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http://newsbusters.org/node/13948

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-...

Answer 3

The level of carbon dioxide is steadily rising in Earth’s atmosphere as result of emission from factories, cars, aviation industry, and many other sources. To add to the effect, the area of forests is decreasing at an ever increasing rate. The plants help to keep the level of carbon dioxide low by consuming it and releasing oxygen. The increasing carbon dioxide is already taking its toll on the environment by increasing the average global temperature. The resulting melting of glaciers would further contribute to the warming effect of sunlight because of reduced reflective surfaces of glaciers.

The worst fear of this global warming is the threat that it may get self-sustained after a period of time. It means that rising temperature due to increasing carbon dioxide will increase the temperature of the oceans, which would start to release dissolve carbon dioxide too, further increasing the temperature, and repeat this cycle in a sustained fashion. The carbon dioxide trapped in rocks will also start to be released further augmenting this vicious cycle. The high atmospheric temperature would in turn accelerate the process of carbon dioxide release from oceans and rocks. A runaway greenhouse effect would take place, that can be unimaginably difficult to control than it can be controlled now. When this breaking point would occur is not known, but once it happens, the Earth may end up as a second Venus.