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GHGs Family:Major Members Besides CO2

2022-08-17 By ScienceApe

 
 
When we talk about global warming, what comes into your mind?
 
CO2? It’s true that #CO2 serves as an accelerator in the climate change, but don’t forget other members of the greenhouse gases family.
 
For example, cows burps generate CH4, a non-negligible cause of global warming. 
 
In fact, non-CO2 GHGs accounted for 27.5% of the global total CO2 eq.* emissions in 2018.
#environment
 
Learn more:
https://arxiv.org/abs/2102.10871
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00376-021-1313-6
*A CO2 equivalent (CO2 eq.) is a unit of measurement used to standardise the climate effects of various greenhouse gases.