[Silence]<\/p>\n
[Intro]
\nBreathe in\u2026
\n(Breathe out\u2026)
\nSomething’s changing
\n(All about)<\/p>\n
[Verse 1]
\nStrike the match and feed the flame
\nBurn the ancient, shift the game
\nOnce was buried out of sight
\nBrought to light… reactions ignite<\/p>\n
[Chorus]
\nThin oxygen
\n(Once again)
\nThin oxygen<\/p>\n
Assume to consume
\n(Make it hard to breathe)
\nResume to consume
\n(Sure is hard to believe)<\/p>\n
You take my breath away
\n(More and more day-by-day)<\/p>\n
Thin oxygen
\n(Once again)
\nThin oxygen<\/p>\n
[Verse 2]
\nSee… oh, oh climbing in the air
\nOh, oh falling \u2014 there’s the pair
\nChemistry tells another tale
\nA lighter signature in the gale<\/p>\n
[Chorus]
\nThin oxygen
\n(Once again)
\nThin oxygen<\/p>\n
Assume to consume
\n(Make it hard to breathe)
\nResume to consume
\n(Sure is hard to believe)<\/p>\n
You take my breath away
\n(More and more day-by-day)<\/p>\n
Thin oxygen
\n(Once again)
\nThin oxygen<\/p>\n
[Bridge]<\/p>\n
Follow the signal
\n(Back to the source)
\nNot just a cycle
\n(But a changing force)<\/p>\n
[Instrumental]<\/p>\n
Breathe in\u2026
\n(Breathe out\u2026)
\nBegin…
\n(… to wonder about)<\/p>\n
Probe!
\n(Read the isotope)<\/p>\n
[Final Chorus]
\nThin oxygen
\n(Once again)
\nThin oxygen<\/p>\n
Assume to consume
\n(Make it hard to breathe)
\nResume to consume
\n(Sure is hard to believe)<\/p>\n
[Outro]
\nYou take my breath away
\n(More and more day-by-day)<\/p>\n
Thin oxygen
\n(Once again)
\nThin oxygen<\/p>\n
Our refrain…
\n(Leaves a stain)<\/p>\n
Thin oxygen\u2026
\n(Once again\u2026)<\/p>\n
Thin oxygen\u2026<\/p>\n
About the Song
\nWhen fossil fuels are burned, carbon combines with atmospheric oxygen:
\nC + O2 \u2192 CO2<\/p>\n
The process consumes O2 and produces CO2. Because the additional atmospheric CO2 is accompanied by a measurable decline in atmospheric O2, the observations are consistent with large-scale combustion of carbon rather than simply a redistribution of carbon through the natural carbon cycle.<\/p>\n
This is especially important because the ocean, vegetation, and atmosphere continuously exchange carbon and oxygen. Natural processes can move carbon between reservoirs, but they do not explain the simultaneous long-term pattern of rising CO2, falling O2, declining 13C\/12C, and declining radiocarbon.<\/p>\n
The four observations reinforce one another:
\nRising atmospheric CO2
\n\u2193
\nDeclining 13C\/12C
\n\u2193
\nDeclining 14C
\n\u2193
\nDeclining atmospheric O2 <\/p>\n