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Greenhouse gases trap radiation and warm up the Earth’s surface. Some of the major greenhouse gases are carbon dioxide, water vapour and methane. Let's see the list of other greenhouse gases in this article.
The table below shows the relative concentrations of these major greenhouse gases and their sources. Some gases (like CO 2 ) are made by both natural and manmade processes, while others (like hydrofluorocarbons) are only the result of human industrial activity.
IPCC list of greenhouse gases with lifetime, 100-year global warming potential, concentrations in the troposphere and radiative forcings. The abbreviations TAR, AR4, AR5 and AR6 refer to the different IPCC reports over the years.
Greenhouse gases are gases—like carbon dioxide (CO 2), methane, and nitrous oxide—that keep the Earth warmer than it would be without them. The reason they warm the Earth has to do with the way energy enters and leaves our atmosphere .
Gases that trap heat in the atmosphere are called greenhouse gases. This section provides information on emissions and removals of the main greenhouse gases to and from the atmosphere.
This table lists the major greenhouse gases causing today’s global warming, their sources, their average lifetimes in the atmosphere, and their possible added heat (“global warming potential”) over a 20- and 100-year period.
Carbon dioxide, a key greenhouse gas that drives global climate change, continues to rise every month. Find out the dangerous role it and other gases play.