Question

Use the following scenario to calculate the carbon flux in the atmosphere. The amount of carbon that enters the atmosphere through natural processes is 211.6 GtC/yr and the amount that leaves the atmosphere through natural processes in 213.8 GtC/yr. The amount of carbon released by burning fossil fuels is 5.5 GtC/yr. What is the carbon flux in the atmosphere

Answer 1

The amount of carbon flux in the atmosphere will be 3.3 GtC/yr

Carbon flux calculation

The carbon flux in the atmosphere can be calculated by:

1. Removing the amount of carbon that leaves the atmosphere from the amount that enters the atmosphere.

2. Adding the amount of carbon released by fossil fuel burning.

Thus,

Carbon flux = 211.6 - 213.8 + 5.5 = 3.3 GtC/yr

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