That’s the fossil bit. All of these creatures and plants contain carbon, which gives off energy when it’s burned; that’s why they’re fuels. Both oil and gas come from layers of dead marine ...

Moreover, the conditions for fossil fuel formation favor environments rich in smaller organisms that rapidly accumulate and decompose in sedimentary layers. Dinosaur carcasses, though massive ...

The processes that create fossil fuels are complex ... When the living things died, layers of sediment buried their bodies over millions of years, pushing large quantities of the organic material ...

Getty Images Sulphuric and nitric acid from the burning of fossil fuels fell as acid rain "In ... to a large and expanding hole in the ozone layer above the Antarctic. The damage was caused ...