Which of the following is the greatest contributor to global warmig as a consequence of human activities and life style: September 2012
Ans: A i.e. CO2 Global warming It is the rise in the average temperature of Eah's atmosphere and oceans since the late 19th century and its projected continuation. Since the early 20th century, Eah's mean surface temperature has increased by about 0.8 degC(1.4 degF), with about two-thirds of the increase occurring since 1980. Warming of the climate system is unequivocal, and scientists are more than 90% ceain that it is primarily caused by increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases produced by human activities such as the burning of fossil fuels and deforestation. The major greenhouse gases are water vapor, which causes about 36-70% of the greenhouse effect; carbon dioxide (CO2), which causes 9-26%;methane (CH4), which causes 4-9%; and ozone(03), which causes 3-7%
CO2
Chlorofluorocarbons
Methane
Ozone