Greenhouse Gasses

Duration

100

Can last for upwards of 1,000 years.

CO2

200

Lasts for around a decade.

Methane

300

Lasts for around 120 years.

Nitrous oxide

Effects

100

Global warming, caused by climate change, can cause these ecosystems to dwindle.

Arctic regions

200

Greenhouse gasses trap and preserve energy in the form of this.

Heat.

300

Places in Asia are already having to deal with this, caused by global warming. It affects primarily coastal areas.

Coastal flooding and rising sea levels.

400

The thinning of the ozone layer is called this.

Ozone depletion.

Gasses

100

One of the longest lasting greenhouse gasses, includes carbon in it's molecular make-up.

CO2

200

80x more potent than CO2

Methane

300

280x more potent than CO2

Nitrous oxide

400

This is a gas that comes from the water cycle.

Water vapor

Atmosphere

100

These things trap energy from the Sun inside the Earth's atmosphere.

Greenhouses gasses.

200

What do greenhouse gasses trap?

Infrared radiation.

Causes

100

What human activity caused the abundance of greenhouse gasses?

Burning fossil fuels.

200

A common farming practice involving complex and live organisms, responsible for the releasing of some greenhouse gasses.

Farming livestock.

300

A common practice responsible for the ongoing destruction of the Amazon. Makes it harder for greenhouse gasses to be stored.

Deforestation