Carbon dioxide on Earth
Carbon dioxide is a gas that contributes to life on earth and the development of different processes in it, such as photosynthesis, a method by which plants make them oxygen and release it;Breathing in humans, which unlike plants transform oxygen into carbon dioxide and release it. In this way a balance is generated in the amount of these two gases on Earth. However, the amount of these two gases on Earth is not equitable due to different natural and unnatural factors.
Carbon dioxide is also a fundamental part of the greenhouse effect, through vibrations that allow the entry of heat to the earth but its exit, which causes global warming. Man needs to create viable solutions to combat this phenomenon and seek balance between oxygen and carbon dioxide and thus take care of the planet to lead a healthy life.
Carbon dioxide also known as carbon dioxide, is a gas that results from the breathing of animals and the combustion of substances such as firewood, coal, plastic, oil, or on the contrary in plants it is absorbed during photosynthesis. After these processes, the released gas rises to the atmosphere and has different functions in the atmospheric filter and the greenhouse effect.
Atmospheric carbon (CO2 Gas) passes through a cycle through the biosphere, in which it is found as carbon dioxide gas in the atmosphere and carbon dioxide dissolved in the oceans;This process has four parts, biological, human, geological and physical.
As for the biological aspect, plants take gas through photosynthesis and release it by cell breathing as oxygen, this is taken by animals and releases it again in carbon dioxide by means of cellular breathing. It should be noted that over millions of years, factors such as pressure, decomposition and heat transform organic matter into fossils.
In the human aspect the fossil mentioned above, through fuels are released to the atmosphere as carbon dioxide.
During the geological activity, marine sediments are transformed into rock and this process releases carbon dioxide.
Finally, in the physical aspect, carbon dioxide dissolves in the rain, then in the oceans and returns to the atmosphere again.
Earth’s climate is a product of interaction between sunlight, atmosphere and oceans. The sun provides energy in the form of solar radiation, part of this radiation is reflected back to space. The rest is absorbed by clouds, atmospheric gases, including carbon dioxide and land surface.
As mentioned above, the greenhouse effect is a vital process for the earth, this is responsible for capturing heat through different gases such as carbon dioxide, methane, dyitrogen oxide and chlorofluorocarbons. The gases are concentrated and the process is carried out by means of vibrations of several atoms typical of the gas molecules, this maintains the land temperature in an average of 15 ºC.
As for the percentages of the greenhouse gases, carbon dioxide occupies 74% being the one with the highest percentage.
In recent years, the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has increased, the average gas was two hundred and eighty PPM, however in 1800 in the industrial revolution, the average increased by 40% reaching the three hundred and ninety ppm. Different investigations have been carried out that show that if the amount of normal carbon dioxide becomes double, the land temperature can increase from 2 ºC to 4.4 ºC, which results in the elevation of sea level, the molten of ice layers and the melting of polar regions.
Carbon dioxide is found in both natural and unnatural means, among unnatural chemical reactions, firewood and oil and aerosols are. In non -natural media, plastic is a very harmful means to the environment, this is composed of tereftallic acid, with which polyesters such as dachron. When tereftallic acid reacts with ethylene glycol bonds are formed at the two ends of the molecules and this causes the combination of long molecules in a polyester polymer. For the elimination of these plastics, if not by the recycling method, they burn and create an excessive amount of carbon dioxide.
The natural means that contain carbon dioxide are the atmosphere, plants and animals, each one has a different process by which the gas uses, some produce it and others consume it, creating a cycle between them, which is governedThe life of the entire planet.
The atmosphere meets the objective of maintain.
Photosynthesis is the process by which plants convert water and carbon dioxide of the atmosphere into sugars and oxygen, this process can be carried out with or without light;When the reaction depends on the light, this occurs within the tilacoid, there they produce oxygen and convert the ATP and NADP+ into energy carriers such as ATP and NADPH, these two later are used as an energy source in the independent reactions of light forProduce high energy dioxide sugars, this process occurs in stroma without the need for light to create energy.
With this process the atmosphere has sufficient oxygen and animals process it through breathing, this process has certain variations in animals and humans but share basic characteristics, such as that surfaces are wet, selective permeability, differenceof oxygen concentrations and carbon dioxide throughout the respiratory membrane.
It should be noted that in both processes oxygen enters the body and carbon dioxide comes out.
In humans, the air enters through two wide cavities of the nose and leads to the pharynx that helps the air dumps towards the bottom, the air reaches the larynx and it filters it so that it access the lungs byMedium of the trachea, inside the lungs the bronchi drive the air to the bronchioles, finally the air reaches the alveoli and in them the exchange of gases with the blood is given, it collects the oxygen and through the exhalation expelbody carbon dioxide. These organs are inside the rib cage, which goes up during inhalation and diaphragm contracts to facilitate the process and in exhlation they return to place, that is, the diaphragm relaxes and the low rib cage.
In terrestrial and mammal animals, the breathing process is similar to that of humans since they inhale and exhale in the same way, but with the difference that the air is distributed differently by its pulmonary system and that some have differentorgans, such as spiracles or laminar lungs in insects.
For aquatic animals, bránchias are the fundamental structure in breathing since they do not breathe as nose or mouth. These have selective permeability and membranes within them, these have small capillaries inside in which the exchange of gases is performed in the same way as with terrestrial animals.
The increase or decrease in carbon dioxide on Earth can have different repercussion, which affect the planet, so a balance between gases is sought.
In the event that the amount of carbon dioxide increases on Earth, one of the consequences would be global warming, which would trigger the increase in terrestrial temperatures and although the change is minimal, that is, the temperature rises a few degrees, it would havegreat repercussions on different parts of the planet. The first consequence at the global level is the melting of the polar caps, which would have side effects in the lower parts such as the coasts and the rivers due to the elevation of the sea level, which would cause certain pieces of earth to be absorbed by the water andThe inhabitants have to move their homes to higher places. Contrary to this, one of the positive consequences that this increase would have, is that in certain countries the cultivable land would increase although the flora and fauna of these places would also suffer from mutations and changes in drastic sometimes to adapt to the new climatic conditions.
On the other hand, in the event that carbon dioxide decreases, there would be an excess of oxygen on the planet, which would cause fires frequently due to combustion in forest places. In places like the Amazon it is common that there are fires at certain times of the year, due not only to the combustion that is generated but to the intensity of the sun, this is clearly harmful to the planet and if the decreased carbon dioxide will decrease, these phenomena would occureven more frequently.
The planet’s resources are finite and therefore it is necessary to reduce its consumption. The environment worries and this anguish has been increasing and associations and organisms dedicated to their study and protection have been created, treaties, protocol and laws have also been signed in different countries with the end in mind of taking care of the planet and the species thatIn the inhabit and limit the emission of harmful products. However, these processes have not been successful by stopping the process of exhaustion and misuse of land resources, nor of environmental pollution. On the contrary, to volcanic eruptions are added accidental or indirectly caused disasters that contribute to air pollution and water, the deetization of large areas of the planet, deforestation of forests, disappearance of species and animals, to theradicalization of climatic changes, the decrease in the ozone layer and the increase in diseases.
It is evident that there is no balance between oxygen and carbon dioxide on Earth, fortunately the amount of oxygen is not yet limited, however this can change in a few years, since the rhythm with which global warmingIt grows and pollution increases, the earth deteriorates and in a few years oxygen levels will be very low and the excess of other gases, including carbon dioxide will cause the Earth to be not a habitable place.
To combat this imbalance and prevent the earth from continuing to deteriorate, there are different solutions, such as reforestation, recycling and the use of organic materials.
Regarding reforestation, there are different projects and entities that drive tree planting, this in search of creating more forest places, generating more oxygen and as mentioned above, to balance gas levels.
On the side of recycling and organic materials, it seeks not only to reduce the use of plastics, paper, cardboard, among other inputs, but to reuse them and based on these creation new materials.
The recycling process would lead to negative feedback, which is the process contrary to the greenhouse effect, that is, polar capsAtmosphere but to space, reducing global warming and causing terrestrial temperatures to return to normal.
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