Why does cellular respiration add carbon dioxide to the atmosphere and not photosynthesis?

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2026-05-18 06:25

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Respiration does not add carbon to the atmosphere. Breathing emits carbon dioxide that was recently removed from the atmosphere (when the food we eat was growing).

Human and animals live by taking in oxygen needed for living and breathing out carbon oxygen into the atmosphere. This is part of the carbon cycle, and does not contribute to global warming.

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