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Carbon dioxide Carbon dioxide is the greenhouse gas most scientists consider the main air pollutant of the Earth's atmosphere. Even though carbon dioxide is essential to support living organisms, it is also a dangerous air pollutant, generated mostly by human activities such as deforestation and the fossil fuel combustion.
Carbon oxides are among the most well-known greenhouse gases contributing to the air pollution plaguing the Earth's atmosphere. Carbon monoxide is a poisonous gas -- highly dangerous due to its lack of odor and color -- released into the atmosphere with the incomplete combustion of fuels, such as coal, wood or other natural sources, as well as exhaust from automobiles. Carbon dioxide is the greenhouse gas most scientists consider the main air pollutant of the Earth's atmosphere. Even though carbon dioxide is essential to support living organisms, it is also a dangerous air pollutant, generated mostly by human activities such as deforestation and fossil fuel combustion. Responsible for more than half of the world's global warming trends, carbon dioxide creates an invisible layer that keeps the sun's infrared rays trapped in the atmospheric bubble around the Earth.