What are carbon emissions?

Carbon emissions are like invisible bubbles that come out when we use things like cars and power plants.

Imagine you're blowing bubbles into a big wind tunnel. Each time you blow, the bubble pops and leaves behind some tiny bits of stuff in the air. These bits are what we call carbon emissions. They’re not visible, but they do something important, they make the Earth a little warmer over time.

When we use cars, like your parents’ car that takes you to school, they burn fuel (like gas) to move. Burning fuel makes those invisible bubbles pop out of the back of the car. The same thing happens when big machines in cities or power plants use coal or oil, they also send out these bubbles.

Over time, all these tiny bits from many cars and machines add up, and it’s like putting on a warm blanket around Earth. It helps keep us warm, but too much of this blanket makes the Earth too hot, which changes weather patterns and affects nature, kind of like when you wear too many sweaters on a sunny day!