This is what is known as the greenhouse gas effect, as greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide reduce the Earth’s ability to cool itself by radiating energy back into space. This is what causes ...
Methane is 80 times more potent than CO2 in short term Human activities drive two-thirds of global methane emissions Global methane levels rising faster than in past 40 years ...
Reducing emissions of planet-warming greenhouse gases (GHG) like carbon dioxide and methane is crucial to tackling climate change. But despite a flurry of climate pledges, global GHG emissions ...