An increase in the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere can cause atmospheric temperatures to increase. Which statement explains how this could affect the ocean as a carbon sink?

Option D is correct

d)less carbon dioxide would be dissolved in the ocean because increasing atmospheric temperatures would cause ocean temperatures to increase

Explanation:

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An increase in the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere can cause atmospheric temperatures to increase. Which statement explains how this could affect the ocean as a carbon sink?

a)less atmospheric carbon dioxide would be available to phytoplankton

b)dissolved carbon dioxide gas in the ocean would increase because surface winds would cause a deeper circulation pattern, making more room for the gas

c)less carbon dioxide gas would be contained in the ocean because increasing precipitation would dilute the carbon entering the ocean

d)less carbon dioxide would be dissolved in the ocean because increasing atmospheric temperatures would cause ocean temperatures to increase

The idea of theory about carbon dioxide was stated by John Tyndall in year 1861, He was able to associate the difference in the climate temperature to the quantity of carbon dioxide present in the atmosphere.

The temperature of the atmosphere is controlled by the amount of carbon dioxide present there because the molecules of the carbon dioxide gas absorb the rays of infrared radiation present in the atmosphere. When there is high radiation at very high wavelength of about 14microns of spectrum of carbon dioxide i.e when there the concentration of carbon dioxide is extremely high in the atmosphere, it's absorbtion ability Increases as a result of this infrared radiation is absorbed and it's trapped by the blanket of carbon dioxide from hitting the earth directly, which later makes the earth temperature to increase.