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Water and carbon dioxide are they the two largest contributors to Earth's greenhouse effect and are largely responsible for Earth's climate?
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Yes. Water Vapor accounts for as much as 75% of the greenhouse effect. Carbon Dioxide accounts for 5 to 25% of the rest.
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What greenhouse gases appear to be responsible for the enhancement of the earth's greenhouse effect?
Carbon dioxide, methane, nitrogen oxide, chloroflourocarbons
What pollutant is most responsible for global climate change?
carbon dioxide.
What is the greenhouse effect and what gases are responsible for it?
The greenhouse effect keeps the earth warm enough for life. This is a good thing.The gases responsible are mostly water vapour and carbon dioxide.The enhanced greenhouse effect is causing global warming and climate change. This is a very dangerous thing.The gases responsible are mostly carbon dioxide (from our burning of fossil fuels which release long-hidden carbon) and methane (from cattle, agricultural practices, rice paddies and melting tundra).
How does the greenhouse effect moderate climates?
Greenhouse gases include carbon dioxide, water molecules and dust in the atmosphere . It affects the climate of a region by absorbing solar radiation from the sun and keeping in the heat, which warms the climate. (Kind of like a plant greenhouse. It keeps in the heat.)
How has the greenhouse effect affected our climate?
The enhanced greenhouse effect is happening because we are adding additional carbon dioxide and methane to the atmosphere. These greenhouse gases trap in heat from the sun making the earth warmer.
What are the four greenhouse gases?
The four main greenhouse gases are ozone, carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide. These gases are said to responsible for the world wide climate change taking place now.
Is the main atmospheric gas responsible for the greenhouse effect carbon dioxide?
The normal greenhouse effect which keeps the earth warm enough for life is caused largely by water vapour, with a small effect from carbon dioxide and methane.However, the greenhouse gas responsible for the present enhanced greenhouse effect is carbon dioxide, yes.
How bad is the US in global warming?
China has recently overtaken the US in annualcarbon dioxide emissions, but the US still has the highest historical levels. Carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas responsible for global warming and climate change.
What greenhouse gases appear to be responsible for the enhancement of the earth's greenhouse effect?
Carbon dioxide, methane, nitrogen oxide, chloroflourocarbons
What is the most dominant greenhouse gas causing our change in climate?
Carbon dioxide (CO2).
What is the primary gas in the atmosphere responsible for the greenhouse effect?
Water Vapor is the gas that is largely responsible for the natural greenhouse effect that has warmed the earth for millions of years.Carbon dioxide is the gas that is largely responsible for the present accelerated greenhouse effect that is causing global warming.
What are the hazardous greenhouse gases?
Carbon dioxide and methane are the ones causing most of the accelerated greenhouse effect that is causing global warming and leading to climate change.
What pollutant is most responsible for global climate change?
carbon dioxide.
What gas contributes most to global warming?
Carbon dioxide (CO2) is mostly responsible for global warming.CO2 and other gases (water vapor, methane and others) contribute to the natural greenhouse effect, which has been keeping the planet comfortably warm for millions of years.However, since the Industrial Revolution 200 years ago, we have been burning more and more fossil fuels, releasing carbon that has been hidden for millions of years. It is this extracarbon, in the form of the greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide, that climate scientists believe is causing the warming of the planet.
What is the greenhouse effect and what gases are responsible for it?
The greenhouse effect keeps the earth warm enough for life. This is a good thing.The gases responsible are mostly water vapour and carbon dioxide.The enhanced greenhouse effect is causing global warming and climate change. This is a very dangerous thing.The gases responsible are mostly carbon dioxide (from our burning of fossil fuels which release long-hidden carbon) and methane (from cattle, agricultural practices, rice paddies and melting tundra).
How does the greenhouse effect moderate climates?
Greenhouse gases include carbon dioxide, water molecules and dust in the atmosphere . It affects the climate of a region by absorbing solar radiation from the sun and keeping in the heat, which warms the climate. (Kind of like a plant greenhouse. It keeps in the heat.)
How has the greenhouse effect affected our climate?
The enhanced greenhouse effect is happening because we are adding additional carbon dioxide and methane to the atmosphere. These greenhouse gases trap in heat from the sun making the earth warmer.
