Climate Change and Chemicals: Environmental and Biological Aspects
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Edition
1st ed.
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ISBN
9380235301, 9789380235301
Length
x+460p., Tables; Figures; Color Plates; Maps; 29cm.
Subjects
Our climate is changing. these changes are due to two main reasons. The first and foremost is due to emissions of green house gases (GHGs) to atmosphere. The principal GHGs are carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide. Human activities such as burning of fossil fuels, and agricultural activities (growing rice, application of nitrogen fertilisers, livestock rearing) have increased the amount of GHGs in the atmosphere in recent times. The enhanced greenhouse ...