Carbon Dioxide and Plants

Carbon Dioxide and Plants
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Abstract
All living things are dependent of the Calvin cycle. Through this cycle, plants get energy and food, other organisms such as herbivores though indirectly, depend on it because they feed on the plants and the process extends to carnivores. However, as much as the plants need this carbon dioxide, the human species has been putting higher than normal amounts of carbon footprints. Impacts of the high levels of carbon on plants vary under different environmental factors. That is if plants take in too much carbon, it may reduce the intake of other minerals. High concentrations of carbon do not only have effects on plants but even on other oxygen respiring organisms. A lot of carbon that is produced by human activities is dissolved by the oceans slowly making the seawater to be acidic. This results into reduction of oxygen in the seawater. Increases in carbon dioxide can result into marine animals being more vulnerable to low concentrated areas of oxygen thus aggravating the effects of the dead zones on the sea
Introduction
In the Calvin cycle, plants and algae turn carbon dioxide from the air into sugar to synthesize carbohydrates for their growth. All living things are dependent of the Calvin cycle. Through this cycle, plants get energy and food, other organisms such as herbivores though indirectly, depend on it because they feed on the plants and the process extends to carnivores.
However, as much as the plants need this carbon dioxide, the human species has been putting higher than normal amounts of carbon footprints. The carbon footprint relates to a certain amount of gaseous emissions that are significant to climate change and associated with human production or consumption activities (Ehleringer, Cerling, & Dearing, 2005). While much of media’s and public’s interest has been focused on the impacts of higher levels of carbon dioxide to the global climate, a rise in the...