Assuming that we can get rid of all CO2 in the atmosphere...

[SSSnail]

What will trees do then? Can they produce too much oxygen?

Edit: After much criticisms, here's my follow up to the OP

"Yeah, what I meant was if we were to reduce the CO2, will the trees go on vacation. But, it is what it is and here we are."

Now, back to your regularly scheduled programs.

 

[FoBoT]

:Q


you want to kill all the plants?

 

[Cerpin Taxt]

Originally posted by: SSSnail
What will trees do then? Can they produce too much oxygen?

Why would we want to eliminate all the CO2? Really, it's not even theoretically possible unless you assume that you also eliminate every animal that respirates O2 and produces CO2.

That we have an overabundance of CO2 does not mean that absolute zero CO2 is the ideal.

 

[spidey07]

All members of the plant kingdom would die leading to the death of all life on earth.

 

[LTC8K6]

How long can you hold your breath?

 

[Dacalo]

No CO2 = no plants/tress = bye bye us.

 

[destrekor]

Originally posted by: SSSnail
What will trees do then? Can they produce too much oxygen?

trees don't 'produce' oxygen... they release oxygen after absorbing CO2

 

[Fritzo]

If the percentage of oxygen rose by a mere 4%, the entire atmosphere would burst into flames. So, KEEP USING OXYGEN!

 

[ForumMaster]

umm, plants have mitochondria as well as chloroplasts and chlorophyll which allows them to create energy from either source. how do you think plants make energy at night without light? if we did this, we would no longer get a renewable source of oxygen. plants start competing with us.

but how would you do it? every cell in the body produces CO2.

 

[dakels]

if I remember my biology 101 correctly, most plants release O2 during the day, CO2 at night.

 

[FleshLight]

No CO2 = no greenhouse gas effect = mars = very cold earth (25 degrees C less)

 

[destrekor]

Originally posted by: Fritzo
If the percentage of oxygen rose by a mere 4%, the entire atmosphere would burst into flames. So, KEEP USING OXYGEN!

25% oxygen is enough to ignite? considering the atmosphere contains roughly 21% as it is now....

 

[sdifox]

Originally posted by: SSSnail
What will trees do then? Can they produce too much oxygen?

you will die too... humans depend on co2/o2 ratio to breath.

 

[BigJ]

Obviously the OP didn't think this question through.

 

[MrChad]

Originally posted by: spidey07
All members of the plant kingdom would die leading to the death of all life on earth.

And the plane will no longer take off.

 

[destrekor]

Originally posted by: FleshLight
No CO2 = no greenhouse gas effect = mars = very cold earth (25 degrees C less)

it wouldn't last. after all life was dead (minus bacteria and other life that doesn't require oxygen), CO2 would slowly rebuild in the atmosphere. As long as the O3 remained in the atmosphere, it should prevent CO2 from escaping the atmosphere. CO2 would be released by all the dying life (is CO2 released by decomposing bodies?), and any fires that may start will release CO2. Volcanoes especially will continue to release CO2 into the atmosphere. Once the Earth restored a greenhouse effect producing atmosphere, life could possibly return in some shape or form.

 

[randay]

LOL

 

[destrekor]

Originally posted by: sdifox

Originally posted by: SSSnail
What will trees do then? Can they produce too much oxygen?

you will die too... humans depend on co2/o2 ratio to breath.

the CO2 is not necessary. We are exhaling CO2 from our body, something that is produced and builds up in the body. We technically inhale O2 and exhale CO2. CO2 just happens to be able to be inhaled to no dangerous effect AS LONG AS the current ratio is sustained, or lowered. But lowering that ratio will harm plant life and their O2 production.
If we were to inhale a higher amount of CO2, we'd die... well, there's a lethal/toxic level of CO2.

 

[Parasitic]

Originally posted by: dakels
if I remember my biology 101 correctly, most plants release O2 during the day, CO2 at night.

You didn't fail the class did you?

Plants release CO2 ALL THE TIME, day or night.
However during the day there's sunlight for photosynthesis, so our dear byproduct O2 can be released; at night when there are no light sources plants can't photosynthesize and therefore no O2.

 

[destrekor]

Originally posted by: Parasitic

Originally posted by: dakels
if I remember my biology 101 correctly, most plants release O2 during the day, CO2 at night.

You didn't fail the class did you?

Plants release CO2 ALL THE TIME, day or night.
However during the day there's sunlight for photosynthesis, so our dear byproduct O2 can be released; at night when there are no light sources plants can't photosynthesize and therefore no O2.

isn't the CO2 being released only technically the amount being 'inhaled'? Thus no actual CO2 production, as is the case in humans?

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: destrekor

Originally posted by: SSSnail
What will trees do then? Can they produce too much oxygen?

trees don't 'produce' oxygen... they release oxygen after absorbing CO2

Technically, they don't absorb CO2. They convert it into energy in a process called photosynthesis and a byproduct of that process is O2.

 

[FoBoT]

co2 also comes out of the earth, volcanic vents and volcanoes

http://www.geo.mtu.edu/volcano...azards/primer/gas.html

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/savage...lcano/01/indexmid.html

Some 1,700 people living in the valley below Lake Nyos in northwestern Cameroon mysteriously died on the evening of August 26, 1986. Word of the disaster spread, and scientists arrived from around the world. What they discovered was that the crater lake, perched inside a dormant volcano, had become laden with carbon dioxide gas. This gas had suddenly bubbled out of the lake and asphyxiated nearly every living being in the surrounding valley community.

 

[destrekor]

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus

Originally posted by: destrekor

Originally posted by: SSSnail
What will trees do then? Can they produce too much oxygen?

trees don't 'produce' oxygen... they release oxygen after absorbing CO2

Technically, they don't absorb CO2. They convert it into energy in a process called photosynthesis and a byproduct of that process is O2.

then where does the CO2 come from? Isn't it 'absorbed' in some shape or form? I understand photosynthesis and O2 being a product of the energy creation, as the carbon is used to create the 'sugars' used for energy. But, the CO2 to start the reaction comes from the atmosphere, does it not?

Originally posted by: FoBoT
co2 also comes out of the earth, volcanic vents and volcanoes

http://www.geo.mtu.edu/volcano...azards/primer/gas.html

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/savage...lcano/01/indexmid.html

Some 1,700 people living in the valley below Lake Nyos in northwestern Cameroon mysteriously died on the evening of August 26, 1986. Word of the disaster spread, and scientists arrived from around the world. What they discovered was that the crater lake, perched inside a dormant volcano, had become laden with carbon dioxide gas. This gas had suddenly bubbled out of the lake and asphyxiated nearly every living being in the surrounding valley community.

was it asphyxiation, or toxicity?

and natural forest fires, or any naturally created fire will release CO2 as the 'fuel' is burned. And yes, even unnatural fires however, I'm suggesting how CO2 will continue to exist even if we somehow removed it.

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Originally posted by: FleshLight
No CO2 = no greenhouse gas effect = mars = very cold earth (25 degrees C less)

There are a lot of greenhouse gasses besides CO2 (water vapor being a very important one)

 

[randay]

Originally posted by: destrekor

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus

Originally posted by: destrekor

Originally posted by: SSSnail
What will trees do then? Can they produce too much oxygen?

trees don't 'produce' oxygen... they release oxygen after absorbing CO2

Technically, they don't absorb CO2. They convert it into energy in a process called photosynthesis and a byproduct of that process is O2.

then where does the CO2 come from? Isn't it 'absorbed' in some shape or form? I understand photosynthesis and O2 being a product of the energy creation, as the carbon is used to create the 'sugars' used for energy. But, the CO2 to start the reaction comes from the atmosphere, does it not?

Originally posted by: FoBoT
co2 also comes out of the earth, volcanic vents and volcanoes

http://www.geo.mtu.edu/volcano...azards/primer/gas.html

and natural forest fires, or any naturally created fire. And yes, even unnatural fires however, I'm suggesting how CO2 will continue to exist even if we somehow removed it.

not if we also get rid of C and O, and protons and neutrons and electrons. lets just toss matter out the window, that'll be a lot easier and faster.