WHAT ARE THE GREENHOUSE GASES?
Earth’s greenhouse gases trap heat within the atmosphere and heat the planet. the most gases to blame for the greenhouse effect embody carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and water vapor, and fluorinated gases . Greenhouse gases have different chemical properties and are aloof from the atmosphere, over time, by different processes. Carbon dioxide, for example, is absorbed by so-called carbon sinks such as plants, soil, and also the ocean. Fluorinated gases are destroyed solely by daylight in the so much higher atmosphere.
WHAT ARE THE EFFECTS OF GREENHOUSE GASES?
Greenhouse gases have far-ranging environmental and health effects. They cause climate change by trapping heat, and they also contribute to respiratory disease from smog and air pollution. Extreme weather, food supply disruptions, and increased wildfires are other effects of climate change caused by greenhouse gases. The typical weather patterns we've grown to expect will change; some species will disappear; others will migrate or grow.
SOURCES OF GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
-Transportation (28.2 percent of 2020 greenhouse gas emissions)
-Electricity production (26.9 percent of 2020 greenhouse gas emissions)
-Industry (22.0 percent of 2020 greenhouse gas emissions)
-Commercial and Residential Gas Emission (12.3 percent of 2020 greenhouse gas emissions)
-Agriculture (9.9 percent of 2020 greenhouse gas emissions)
-Land Use and Forestry (11.6 percent of 2020 greenhouse gas emissions)