The major factor causing carbon dioxide increase in the atmosphere is that A) fossil-fuel deposition is occurring faster than fossil-fuel burning. B) fossil-fuel burning is producing CO₂ faster than it can be stored in oceans or on land. C) carbon dioxide production has declined since the Industrial Revolution. D) detritivores are unable to reduce organic carbon to carbon dioxide. E) movement of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere to terrestrial stores has increased.

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Fossil-fuel burning is producing carbon dioxide faster than it can be stored in oceans or on land, leading to an increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide levels. This is the main contributing factor to global climate change.

The Major Factor Causing Carbon Dioxide Increase in the Atmosphere