What eats Carbon Dioxide and gives us Oxygen to breathe here on earth?

If we are talking about the natural ecology: Forests eat carbon dioxide and give us oxygen. But, if you cut down or burn all the forests down then people won't be able to breathe. And neither will birds and all animals either.

And diatoms and Plankton:

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Through photosynthesis, phytoplankton consume carbon dioxide on a scale equivalent to forests and other land plants. ... Phytoplankton are responsible for most of the transfer of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere to the ocean.Jul 16, 2010

What are Phytoplankton? - NASA Earth Observatory

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What are Phytoplankton? - NASA Earth Observatory

https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov › features › Phytoplankton › page2

Jul 16, 2010 - Through photosynthesis, phytoplankton consume carbon dioxide on a scale equivalent to forests and other land plants. ... Phytoplankton are responsible for most of the transfer of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere to the ocean.

But, here's the problem: If the oceans die so do the phytoplankton and if the forests die from cutting them down or burning them or through storms blowing them down humans and everything else that breathes oxygen is eventually going to die and go extinct.