Greenhouse Effect and Greenhouse Gases
GREENHOUSE FFECTFFECT
Main Greenhouse Gases Greenhouse GasChemical formula Anthropogenic sources (examples) Atmospheric Lifetime (years) GWP (100 year time horizon) Carbon DioxideCO 2 Fossil fuel combustion, deforestation, cement production Methane CH 4 fossil fuels, landfills, animal husbandry 1221 Nitrous OxideN2ON2Ofertilizer, fossil fuel combustion Fluorinated Gases variousindustrial processes various Global Warming Potential (GWP) is measure of how much a given mass of greenhouse gas is estimated to contribute to global warming. It is a relative scale which compares the gas to that of the same mass of carbon dioxide (whose GWP is by convention equal to 1).
Temperature and CO 2 Trends
Long-term trends in CO 2 concentrations and temperature
Modeled Observed Temperature and
Human vs. Natural Influences on Climate
Global and Continental Temperature Change
Projected increase in CO 2 concentration 800,000 years of carbon dioxide concentration
Sea Level Rise and Arctic Sea Ice
Change in Mean Global Sea Level
Sea Level Rise Global mean sea level in past and projected for future
Sea Ice Decline
Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions, 1970 to 2004
2006 U.S. GHG Emissions by Source U.S. Transportation GHG Emissions by Source
Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Country, 1990 and 2008