 | M.K. van Ittersum, S.C. van de Geijn - 1997 - 363 pages
...Accepted 8 April 1997 Soils have an important role in the global budgets of the greenhouse gases carbon dioxide (CO 2 ), methane (CH 4 ) and nitrous oxide (N 2 O). In particular, peat soils are considered to exhibit relatively high emission rates. The purpose of... | |
 | Dale Marshall - 2002 - 64 pages
...and reflecting the radiation back down to Earth. The three most important greenhouse gases are carbon dioxide (CO 2 ), methane (CH 4 ), and nitrous oxide (N 2 O). Three other fluorinated chemicals, including a class of chemicals called halocarbons, also act as greenhouse... | |
 | Xavier Rodo - 2002 - 318 pages
...of all radiatively active gases in the atmosphere. Their order of importance is water vapor, carbon dioxide (CO 2 ), methane (CH 4 ) and nitrous oxide (N 2 O). It is thus of prime importance to document and understand past changes in these radiatively active... | |
 | Centre for Studies in Religion and Society - 2004 - 273 pages
...Vegetation, Ecosystems Figure 2.2. Schematic representation of the climate system Source: IPCC, 2001. Carbon dioxide (CO 2 ), methane (CH 4 ), and nitrous oxide (N 2 O) are examples of greenhouse gases whose increase over the last 150 years has created a positive radiative... | |
 | D. S. Hammond - 2005 - 552 pages
...perhaps the most widely acknowledged. Of these, the historic variation and forcing effects of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ), methane (CH 4 ) and nitrous oxide (N 2 O) are arguably the best documented and most widely publicized, although other trace gases contribute... | |
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The three most important greenhouse gases are carbon dioxide (CO 2 ), methane (CH 4 ), and nitrous oxide (N 2 O). 