Effects of Carbon Dioxide (CO2) (Final)

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Effects of Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
Luis I. Ruiz Andaluz
Department of Kimmel School of Construction Management
CM 503-50 - Sustainability in Construction
Professor Dr. Mickey B. Henson
March 21, 2021

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Effects of Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
Greenhouse gas emissions and the risk of global climate change have resulted in the
United States demanding a reduction in CO2 emissions. In this development, very little attention
has been devoted to the process of Separation of Carbon Dioxide. Some limited applications
have been started in Japan and Norway, but further research is needed to determine storage's
environmental and security aspects. Carbon is dissolved in seawater in carbon dioxide,
bicarbonates, and carbonates, in a proportion between them maintained in a certain balance. CO2
is absorbed from the atmosphere, and rivers provide calcium ions and bicarbonates.
Soil is vital for the C cycle and can represent an important source of CO2 and other
greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. The total amount of C in the soil is two to three times that
of atmospheric CO2. In soil, this gas is mainly produced through the microflora and plant roots'
metabolism, with the microbial decomposition of organic compounds being the most critical
process that generates it. During decomposition, one part of C is returned to the atmosphere in
the form of CO2, while another is transformed into other simpler compounds or stored in the
microbial structures themselves.
Terracok discusses how to reduce CO2 emissions, which is one of the options for
reducing CO2 emissions, "is to store it underground. This technique is called Carbon Capture
and Storage (CCS)" (Terracok, n.d.). With the increased use of fossil fuels (oil, natural gas, and
coal) to generate electricity, operate engines, heat homes, and provide heat for industrial
processes, they have caused large amounts of "Greenhouse Gases (GHGs) to be released into the
atmosphere" (Wilbur & Bartlett, 2016, para. 2).

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Basic Concepts
Maunz (2018) mentioned that CO2 originates from the burning of fossil fuels, i.e.,
substances such as oil, coal, or natural gas created inside the Earth millions of years ago and in
which the carbon then present in the atmosphere accumulated. By burning them, we injected into
the atmosphere a CO2 that was trapped. So is it the same to consume plant matter as coal? Not
exactly. Coal generates new emissions, while plants capture existing ones, re-emitting it when
they burn and capture it again as it grows. Fuels produced with grain or sugar or boilers that burn
plant remains have that virtue.
Consequences
Global warming has brought with it a great deal of very harmful to humans. There are
currently changes in the climate that demonstrates this. According to IANS (2014), the global
temperature has risen approximately 0.8 of this heat affects precipitation because higher
temperatures accelerate evaporation. This increases humidity in the air and rainfall, affecting the
entire planet, as causes frequent flooding and landslides, resulting in large. Rising global
temperatures will accelerate melting glaciers and ice sheets and cause early thaws in rivers and
lakes. Oxygen passes into the atmosphere (not consumed in breathing) and also part of CO2. In
all chemical reactions and exchanges, the sea as a whole turns out to be, in the long run, an
atmospheric CO2 absorber and an oxygen emitter, but there are regions of solid upwelling in
which the sea is gasified and emits more CO2 than it absorbs.
Some of the consequences that will result from this warming are as follows:
• The risk of flooding will increase, and the water supply will be significantly reduced.
• There will be a reduction in crop yields.
• The total number of deaths as a result of malnutrition and thermal stress will increase.
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• Between 15 and 40% of species will be exposed to possible extinction.
Also, these damages from climate change will accelerate as the world warms more. Another
characteristic of the effects of climate change is that its impact will not affect all countries
equally, as the most impoverished areas will suffer these consequences before and most intensely
given their geographical and economic characteristics. Climate change thus becomes a
significant barrier in the fight against poverty. At the end of the reactions, part of the carbon
precipitates in the background in the form of photosynthetic organic carbon and inorganic carbon
in limestone, CaCO3, of the shells of foraminifers and coccolithophores especially (although
only above the level of dissolution, or azlocillin).
Conclusion
A change, of course, is required in production and consumption modes. Uncontrolled and
feverish business must clash head-on with courageous political measures and continued citizen
rejection at such a damaging, paradoxical, and forward-looking pace of "development." If certain
conditions occur and knowledge gaps are resolved, in a few decades, CO2 capture and storage
systems could be implemented on a large scale, as long as policies are put in place that
substantially limits greenhouse gas emissions.
The scientific consensus considers carbon capture and storage as one of the main options
for reducing CO2 emissions. If this technology were to be extended, the costs associated with
stabilizing the atmospheric concentration of greenhouse gases would be reduced.

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References
IANS. (2014, August 21). 'Average global temperature has risen 0.8 degrees'. Business News,
Finance News, India News, BSE/NSE News, Stock Markets News, Sensex NIFTY,
Latest Breaking News Headlines. https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-
ians/average-global-temperature-has-risen-0-8-degrees-114082101397_1.html
Maunz, S. (2018, April 5). Climate in court. Time for Kids.
https://www.timeforkids.com/g34/climate-in-court/
Terracoh. (n.d.). EarthBattery™. TERRACOH. https://www.terracoh-
age.com/TCOH_EarthBattery.html
Wilbur, P. C., & Bartlett, F. M. (2016, June 1). Behavior of Mass-Wood Shear-Core Structures
Subjected to Static Wind Loads. Scholarship@Western, Institutional Repository Western
University. https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?
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Effects of Carbon Dioxide (CO2)

Luis I. Ruiz Andaluz

Department of Kimmel School of Construction Management

CM 503-50 - Sustainability in Construction

Professor Dr. Mickey B. Henson

March 21, 2021

Effects of Carbon Dioxide (CO2)

environmental and security aspects. Carbon is dissolved in seawater in carbon dioxide,

microbial structures themselves.

atmosphere" (Wilbur & Bartlett, 2016, para. 2).

plant remains have that virtue.

• There will be a reduction in crop yields.

• Between 15 and 40% of species will be exposed to possible extinction.

in limestone, CaCO3, of the shells of foraminifers and coccolithophores especially (although

only above the level of dissolution, or azlocillin).

A change, of course, is required in production and consumption modes. Uncontrolled and

rejection at such a damaging, paradoxical, and forward-looking pace of "development." If certain

substantially limits greenhouse gas emissions.

stabilizing the atmospheric concentration of greenhouse gases would be reduced.

Latest Breaking News Headlines. https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-

Maunz, S. (2018, April 5). Climate in court. Time for Kids.

Terracoh. (n.d.). EarthBattery™. TERRACOH. https://www.terracoh-

Subjected to Static Wind Loads. Scholarship@Western, Institutional Repository Western

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