{"id":1568,"date":"2022-03-23T14:58:42","date_gmt":"2022-03-23T13:58:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/active-oxygens-sustainability.evonik.com\/glossar\/carbon-dioxide-co2\/"},"modified":"2022-05-13T09:52:29","modified_gmt":"2022-05-13T07:52:29","slug":"carbon-dioxide-co2","status":"publish","type":"glossar","link":"https:\/\/active-oxygens-sustainability.evonik.com\/en\/glossar\/carbon-dioxide-co2\/","title":{"rendered":"Carbon diox\u00adide, CO<sub>2<\/sub>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Carbon diox\u00adide is a&nbsp;color\u00adless gas consist\u00ading of the elements carbon and oxygen, which plays an impor\u00adtant role in climate change. In German-speak\u00ading coun\u00adtries, carbonic acid is often mistak\u00adenly referred to collo\u00adqui\u00adally as \u2018carbon diox\u00adide\u2019. Carbon diox\u00adide is one of the most impor\u00adtant green\u00adhouse gases, because it absorbs some of the heat that the Earth emits into space and radi\u00adates it back to Earth. This creates a&nbsp;temper\u00adate climate on Earth. However, human activ\u00adi\u00adties have greatly increased the CO<sub>2<\/sub> concen\u00adtra\u00adtion in the atmos\u00adphere, which contributes to global warming.<\/p>\n<p>Carbon diox\u00adide in low concen\u00adtra\u00adtions is a&nbsp;natural compo\u00adnent of the air we breathe and is produced, among other things, during the combus\u00adtion of fossil fuels, such as natural gas, crude oil and coal. The gas is widely used in indus\u00adtry, for exam\u00adple in solid form as dry ice, as a&nbsp;fertil\u00adizer in green\u00adhouses, as a&nbsp;solvent or as an addi\u00adtive in soft drinks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carbon diox\u00adide is a&nbsp;color\u00adless gas consist\u00ading of the elements carbon and oxygen, which plays an impor\u00adtant role in climate change. 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