Global Warming Potential: Causes and Consequences
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| Authors & editors | |
| Publisher | Academia Letters |
| Year of publication | 2021 August |
| Languages | |
| Medium | Digital |
| Edition | 1 |
| Topics | Climate, environment and development > Global climate issues |
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| Scope & content | Abstract This article briefly discusses the global warming potential (GWP) by shedding light on the leading causes and consequences, providing basic knowledge to non-technical readers. Human activities have been introduced as the main cause of GWP and presented in the burning of fossil fuels, deforestation and tree-clearing, and agricultural and farming activities. The main consequences of GWP, such as rising temperature, rising seawater level and heatwave risks, have been discussed briefly. Furthermore, a popular question of whether the sun is blamed for GWP has been raised and discussed in the last section. This article is believed to provide basic knowledge for non-technical readers to be aware of one of the most critical topics nowadays, like GW. |
Divisions within this publication
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Causes of GWP and climate change:
- 3: Burning of fossil fuels
- 4: Deforestation and tree-clearing
- 5: Agriculture and farming
- 6: Consequences of GWP
- 7: Rising temperature
- 8: Rising seawater level
- 9: Risks of heatwaves: Wildfires; Health issues
- 10: Is the sun [to] blame for GWP?
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