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Environment & EcologyClimate ChangeGreenhouse Gases and the Carbon CycleMedium
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- Type:
- Statement based
- Skill:
- Concept understanding
- Tags:
- Greenhouse Gases and the Carbon Cycle
- Related topics:
- Marine Food Webs, Plankton and Ocean Productivity
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Human activities in the recent past have caused the increased concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, but a lot of it does not remain in the lower atmosphere because of 1. Its escape into the outer stratosphere, 2. The photosynthesis by phytoplankton in the oceans, 3. The trapping of air in the polar ice caps. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Question 21 · Greenhouse Gases and the Carbon Cycle · Environment & Ecology · UPSC Prelims 2011 (GS)