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The diagram shows that currently about 100 gigatons/year of carbon are moved from the atmosphere to vegetation on land. Which process could decrease this number?



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reducing the amount of urban area in the world

cutting down large areas of forests

warming up the oceans

increasing respiration rates

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Cutting down large areas of forests
Plants are responsible for fixation of atmospheric carbon dioxide. If the number of plants is reduced, the amount of carbon dioxide moved from the atmosphere to vegetation will also decrease.

the answer is b cutting down large areas of forest

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