Causes of Green house gasses
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- Created on: 06-10-13 18:13
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- Causes of the greenhouse effect
- Carbon dieoxide (CO2)
- CO2 is not a very powerful green house gas however is important due to the abundance of it
- the reason for increase is the growing increase of fossil fuel combustion and the destruction of vegetation (deforestation)
- sources of methane are combustion of organic compounds and respiration
- The ocean is also a large carbon sink through large amounts of photosynthesising and respiration. With increasing global temperatures the ocean will be able to absorb less CO2
- Greenhouse gasses Trap outgoing long wave infrared radiation leading to increased global tempretures
- Methane (CH4)
- Caused by increased population of ruminant animals through farming practices (cows) increased area given over to landfillls and increased are given over to rice paddy
- Sources are anaerobic bacteria in marshes and guts of ruminant animals decomosition of organic material and leakage from gas pipes and coal mines
- More powerful greenhouse gas than CO2 but less of it in the atmosphere
- Carbon dieoxide (CO2)
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