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What is a carbon footprint-?

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Carbon footprint is a measure of the impact our activities have on the environment, and in particular climate change. It relates to the amount of greenhouse gases produced in our day-to-day lives through burning fossil fuels for electricity, heating and transportation etc.

(The amount of greenhouse gas released by an organism.)

The carbon footprint is a measurement of all greenhouse gases we individually produce and has units of tonnes (or kg) of carbon dioxide equivalent.

Carbon footprints:

A carbon footprint is the amount of carbon dioxide that one person or one activity creates. It is suggested as a measure of how much damage on the environment that something has. The carbon footprint for a bottle of water would add up the negative environmental impact of manufacturing plastic bottles and truck emissions for delivering the water. Your house would have a carbon footprint. Some activities have an indirect carbon footprint by removing "carbon sinks", i.e. removing things that would remove carbon dioxide. The most obvious ones are the massive deforestation going on in many tropical areas through slash-and-burn agriculture, mining, etc.

Reducing carbon footprints: You could lower the carbon footprint of your house by doing things like using CFL lighting and energy efficient appliances, and adding insulation. There are websites that help you determine carbon footprints. It is also possible to reduce net carbon footprint by adding plants which absorb carbon dioxide and release oxygen to the atmosphere.

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Orrrr its 'A measure of how much carbon dioxide someone releases into the air' ;)
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A measure of how much carbon dioxide someone releases into the air {apex}

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A measure of how much carbon dioxide someone releases into the air.

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the amount of greenhouse gas released by a person |apex|

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