Problem: In the past 250 years, has the increase in carbon dioxide concentration been linear or exponential? (Hint: Use the slope tool in the Climate Trends learning tool to see if carbon dioxide concentrations increase at a constant rate).
What is the rate of temperature increase in the last 50 years? 25 years? 10 years? Does this indicate a linear or exponential rate of temperature increase? Need Assignment Help?
Challenge: Describe two modern methods of energy generation that release anthropogenic compounds into the atmosphere. Name the anthropogenic compounds that are released. Which areas of the world produce the most of these compounds?
Each of the approximately 7 billion humans on Earth exhales about 1kg of carbon dioxide every day. Should we be concerned about human breathing as an increased source of atmospheric carbon dioxide?