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Synonyms: GHG emissions, émissions de GES, GHG, �missions de GES
Greenhouse gas emissions cause dangerous anthropogenic climate change. Emissions include CO2, fluoridated gases, methane which are emitted by human activity such as deforestation and burning fossil fuels, and water vapour.
Related terms:
greenhouse effectThe greenhouse effect is the natural process where the atmosphere traps part of the sun's energy, a necessary process to keep the planet warm enough for life as we know it. Today scientists believe an anthropogenic increase in greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide is increasing the effect ..., tropospheric ozoneOzone, the tri-atomic form of oxygen, is a gaseous atmospheric constituent.
In the troposphere, ozone is created both naturally and by photochemical
reactions involving gases resulting from human activities (smog). Troposphere
ozone acts as a greenhouse gas. In the stratosphere, ozone is
created ..., fossil energyEnergy from fossil sources, such as natural gas and oil. This type of energy contributes to climate change and because of its finite nature it is not a permanent resource., emission scenariosA plausible representation of the future development of emissions of substances
that are potentially radiatively active (e.g., greenhouse gases, aerosols),
based on a coherent and internally consistent set of assumptions
about driving forces (such as demographic and socioeconomic development, ..., global warming potentialAn index, based upon radiative properties of well mixed greenhouse gases, measuring the radiative forcing of a unit mass of a given well mixed greenhouse gas in today's atmosphere integrated over a chosen time horizon, relative to that of carbon dioxide. The GWP represents the combined effect ..., emissions laws, CFCs, HCFCs, HFCs, conventional energyConventional energy is contributing to climate change through emission of greenhouse gases. It includes all types of fossil energy., refrigerants
Broader terms:
emissionsEmissions of greenhouse gases, greenhouse gas precursors, and aerosols
associated with human activities, including the burning of fossil fuels, deforestation,
land-use changes, livestock, fertilisation, etc. (IPCC)
Narrower terms:
carbon dioxideCarbon dioxide (CO2) is emitted in several ways. Naturally through the carbon cycle and through human activities like the burning of fossil fuels. These human activities have increased CO2 concentrations in the atmosphere since the beginning of the industrial revolution and these high ..., methaneMethane is one of the six greenhouse gases to be mitigated under the Kyoto
Protocol and is the major component of natural gas and associated with all
hydrocarbon fuels, animal husbandry and agriculture. Coal-bed methane
is the gas found in coal seams. (IPCC), nitrous oxideOne of the six types of greenhouse gases to be curbed under the Kyoto
Protocol. The main anthropogenic source of nitrous oxide is agriculture
(soil and animal manure management), but important contributions also
come from sewage treatment, combustion of fossil fuel, and chemical industrial ..., water vapourIs a major greenhouse gas, but since the global water cycle is very stable it isn't influenced by human activity., fluorinated gasesThis term refers to the groups of gases hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons, and sulphurhexafluoride, which are covered under the Kyoto Protocol. (IPCC) High GHG potential., flue gases
Linked data frontend for greenhouse gas emissions.
