• Question: Where do we put all the carbon?

    Asked by anon-215221 to Laura, Kathryn, Ian, Chris, Bogdana, Alex on 14 Jun 2019.
    • Photo: Laura Fisk

      Laura Fisk answered on 14 Jun 2019:

      At the moment – in the atmosphere, unfortunately
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      Ideally, we’d not produce as many carbon emissions in the first place by using renewable energies etc!

    • Photo: Ian Cookson

      Ian Cookson answered on 14 Jun 2019:

      If we have the right balance of trees to carbon dioxide being produced then the trees can convert it into oxygen. Unfortunately at the moment we have more CO2 being produced than the trees can convert!

    • Photo: Bogdana Huma

      Bogdana Huma answered on 17 Jun 2019:

      At the moment it is released in the air. Carbon is one of the components of our atmosphere (0.04%) alongside other gases like oxygen and nitrogen. Small amounts of carbon are crucial for the existence of life on earth, but in large amounts it leads to the atmosphere temperature rising (aka global warming).

    • Photo: Alex Lloyd

      Alex Lloyd answered on 18 Jun 2019:

      A lot of the carbon we use returned back the air around us and eventually makes its way into the atmosphere. This can create a lot of issues when there is too much carbon being pumped into the atmosphere and why we are seeing the effects of climate change!

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