The United States does not have the overall largest carbon footprint. That distinction belongs to China, with its massive industry sector and 1.5 billion residents. The US, does, however, have the largest footprint per capita.
China is the biggest annual producer of greenhouse gases, recently overtaking the US. The US remains historically the country that has put the most greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. China is catching up here.
The Kyoto Protocol is the 1997 global agreement to greenhouse gases that was signed by virtually every country in the world except the US. The protocol aimed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and combat climate change.
Greenhouse gases are released in the atmosphere by the emission of factories, vehicles and industries. Therefore, one important step would be to capture these gases before emitting in the open air, like the polluted water is treated before throwing out in the oceans or seas. Another step would be to plant more and more trees so that they use the excessive carbon dioxide and in return provide us with fresh oxygen. Moreover we need to control the excessive and unplanned systems of industries. There are many other schemes like the Kyoto protocol that check the emission of these greenhouse gases by each country so we should support them and it should be a collective effort.
Greenhouse gasses are all around us. In fact, you breathe out carbon dioxide every time you exhale, and when you drink water, you're conusming H2O, which in vapor form is also a greenhouse gas.
the reason is that certain gases, dubbed greenhouse gases by us scientists have the ability to trap heat radiation from the suns rays in our atmosphere, heat that would normally dissipate into the vacuum of space. those gases include methane and carbon dioxide. when in suitable amounts those gases are actually beneficial to life on earth as without them the earth would be far too cold to support any interesting life. unfortunately human activities are releasing huge amounts of said greenhouse gases into the air, meaning that more heat rays are trapped and hey presto, the world heats up
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Greenhouse gases, specifically:Carbon dioxide from burning fossil fuelsMethane from cattleCFCs from refrigerantsare contributing to the enhanced greenhouse effect that is making the world, as well as the US warmer.
Ozone layer protects us from UV rays. Greenhouse gases cause global warming.
China is the biggest annual producer of greenhouse gases, recently overtaking the US. The US remains historically the country that has put the most greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. China is catching up here.
China has recently become the biggest annualproducer of greenhouse gases. The US remains the leader in overall amounts produced.
The Short Answer is Yes. We see all around Us that the Long Answer is also Yes.
Ozone is a green house gas. But other greenhouse gases do not absorb UV rays.
The Kyoto Protocol is the 1997 global agreement to greenhouse gases that was signed by virtually every country in the world except the US. The protocol aimed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and combat climate change.
Greenhouse gases are released in the atmosphere by the emission of factories, vehicles and industries. Therefore, one important step would be to capture these gases before emitting in the open air, like the polluted water is treated before throwing out in the oceans or seas. Another step would be to plant more and more trees so that they use the excessive carbon dioxide and in return provide us with fresh oxygen. Moreover we need to control the excessive and unplanned systems of industries. There are many other schemes like the Kyoto protocol that check the emission of these greenhouse gases by each country so we should support them and it should be a collective effort.
China is the country that produces the most greenhouse gases, primarily due to its large population and industrial activities. The United States and India follow closely behind in greenhouse gas emissions.
Yes, the US Supreme Court has authorized the Environmental Protection Agency to treat carbon dioxide, the major man-made greenhouse gas, as a pollutant.