Global warming

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Global warming
Introduction The phrase global warming refers to the documented historical warming of the Earth's surface based upon worldwide temperature records that have been maintained by hum...
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Greenhouse gas
A greenhouse gas is one of several gases that can absorb and emit longwave (infrared) radiation in a planetary atmosphere. This phenomenon is often termed the greenhouse effect. Of the sunligh...
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Greenhouse effect
The greenhouse effect is a naturally occurring process that aids in heating the Earth's surface and atmosphere. It results from the fact that certain atmospheric gases, such as carbo...
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Nitrous oxide
Nitrous oxide (N2O) is a colorless molecular gas that has a faintly sweet odor. This gas has been implicated as a neurotoxin. It has solubility in water as well as organic solvents. Molar mass is...
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Greenhouse gas mitigation in agriculture
Summary Agricultural lands occupy 37% of the Earth’s land surface. Agriculture accounts for 52% and 84% of global anthropogenic methane and nitrous oxide emissions. Agricultural soils may also act...
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Carbon capture and storage
Carbon capture and storage (CCS), refers to a set of technologies designed to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from large-point sources such as coal-fired power plants to mitigate greenhouse g...
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Kyoto Protocol
The Kyoto Protocol is an international treaty aimed at the issue of global warming. The Protocol is intended to implement the objectives and principles agreed in the 1992 United Nations Framewo...
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Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (full text)
ENGLISH CONFERENCE OF THE PARTIES Third session Kyoto, 1-10 December 1997 Koyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change The Parties to this Protocol, Being ...
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United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (full text)
Preamble The Parties to this Convention, Acknowledging that change in the Earth's climate and its adverse effects are a common concern of humankind, Concerned that human activities have been s...
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Climate Change: is skepticism healthy?
A lot of questions about the reality of climate change has come up in the past 2 years. It is important to distinguish between "skepticism" and "denial"
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A Climate Minute - The Greenhouse Effect
The 'Greenhouse Effect' discovered in 1824 by Joseph Fourier is what keeps the earth from being a frozen ball in space. Without greenhouse gases (GHG's) the temperature of earth would be below freez...
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Greenhouse gases and the greenhouse effect
Impacts and consequences of global warming
Reducing climate change
Relevant laws and treaties