The chemical formula for carbon dioxide is CO2. The formula indicates that carbon dioxide is composed of one atom of carbon and two atoms of oxygen.
Carbon dioxide is a waste product of animal metabolism and is exhaled in breathing.
It is also essential for the growth of plant life. The carbon dioxide link between plants and animals accounts for one of the natural cycles that establishes interdependency between plants and animals. The gas is important climatically because it absorbs heat and creates an insulating blanket for the earth thus affecting temperatures near the earth's surface. Cumuliform clouds Cumuliform clouds are flat-based, massive, globular clouds. They are often higher than they are wide.