Asked by Sam

Which of the following would help decrease the amount of atmospheric CO2 in an area?
Responses
A Increasing the number of livestock animalsIncreasing the number of livestock animals
B Decreasing regulation limiting factory and transportation emissionsDecreasing regulation limiting factory and transportation emissions
C Increasing the number of photosynthetic plantsIncreasing the number of photosynthetic plants
D Depleting reservoirs of fossil fuels

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
C — Increasing the number of photosynthetic plants.

Photosynthesis removes CO2 from the atmosphere and stores it as organic carbon in plant biomass and soils. The other options (more livestock, fewer emissions regulations, or burning fossil fuel reservoirs) would add greenhouse gases.