Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Montzka, SA
• Dlugokencky, E J
• Butler, J H

Titel

Non-CO sub(2) greenhouse gases and climate change

Ist Teil von

• Nature (London), 2011-08, Vol.476 (7358), p.43-50

Erscheinungsjahr

2011

Quelle

Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Earth's climate is warming as a result of anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases, particularly carbon dioxide (CO sub(2)) from fossil fuel combustion. Anthropogenic emissions of non-CO sub(2) greenhouse gases, such as methane, nitrous oxide and ozone-depleting substances (largely from sources other than fossil fuels), also contribute significantly to warming. Some non-CO sub(2) greenhouse gases have much shorter lifetimes than CO sub(2), so reducing their emissions offers an additional opportunity to lessen future climate change. Although it is clear that sustainably reducing the warming influence of greenhouse gases will be possible only with substantial cuts in emissions of CO sub(2), reducing non-CO sub(2) greenhouse gas emissions would be a relatively quick way of contributing to this goal.