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2 - The Gases That Cause the Greenhouse Effect

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 June 2020

William J. Manning
William J. Manning
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University of Massachusetts, Amherst
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The nature of global warming and climate change was introduced in Chapter 1. This chapter considers in detail the greenhouse effect and the reactive gases that cause it.

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Trees and Global Warming
The Role of Forests in Cooling and Warming the Atmosphere
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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