So. Plants (and algae) make shit from sunlight using photosynthesis. I understand that shit they make is CARBON. So they take sunlight, turn it into carbon, which they use/store. Then when they die, it gets released into the atmosphere (maybe not all of it - some might be taken in by other organisms, but a lot of it). So, over time, you have the amount of carbon in the world going up, up and UP. For hundreds of millions of years. Nay. For BILLIONS of years, because algae were using photosynthesis like almost 2 billion years ago or some shit.
So if the temperature of Earth was great a billion years ago, when there was X amount of carbon on the planet, why is it not a freaking Venus nightmare now with far more than X amount of carbon now on the planet?
No comprendo.
Thanks!
So if the temperature of Earth was great a billion years ago, when there was X amount of carbon on the planet, why is it not a freaking Venus nightmare now with far more than X amount of carbon now on the planet?
No comprendo.
Thanks!