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What are the ways that carbon enters back into the atmosphere?

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Oh, a million ways! The biggest is probably burning of coal and other fuels, but decomposition of plants and animals also returns carbon, and old trees often give out more carbon than they take in. So: burning, decomposition, respiration.
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