Science

The Science of Climate Change
== ☀Carbon dioxide is made of burned fossil fuel gas, the fossil fuels being burned are anything from coal, oils, and gases. This greenhouse gas is 3 quarters responsible for the climate change. Other things such as deforestation is another factor in the carbon dioxide problem because trees clear out all that harmful gases in our atmosphere. Even breathing can produce carbon dioxide, a single person isn’t going to be the downfall of Earth, but in great numbers it produces a lot of Co2. Methane (or CH4) is 14% of our greenhouse gases in the air. Although it doesn’t last as long as Carbon dioxide, it still has almost the same warming effect as Co2, but it heats up the atmosphere more than Carbon dioxide. Key sources of methane track down to livestock (such as cows and pigs, farm animals basically) fossil fuel extraction, and organic waste from landfill sites. Next on the list of harmful greenhouse gases is Nitrous Oxide (or N2O). This gas accounts for 8% of the greenhouse gases in the air. This gas is produced from agriculture such as livestock waste and nitrogen fertilized soils. Nitrogen Oxide is even more harmful than Co2 and Methane, but there is much less of it in the air. Last and most definitely the least are fluorinated gases. They make up around 1% of the greenhouse gases in the air. Key sources for the gases are industrial processes. It’s the most harmful out of all the gases and it’s also has the least amount in the atmosphere. ==