Professional Documents
Culture Documents
in
Associated terms
36-70
CO2
09-26
CH4
04-09
O3
03-07
Greenhouse Gases
Approx. contribution
(Teragram; 1012 gms)
100
75
40
40
35
25
Deforestation
upsets
hydrological cycle (Earths
major
circulatory
mechanism)
Growing plants take up
carbon from the abiotic
phases of carbon cycle,
thereby reducing carbon
containing gases like carbon
dioxide & methane.
Deforestation catapults the
carbon back into the abiotic
phase
leading
to
a
concurrent increase in GHGs.
Transport
Power
Industry
Others
1980
1995
1980
1995
1980
1995
1980
1995
China
83
167
397
1176
673
1402
321
468
Europe
648
936
1508
1420
1084
776
942
779
USA
1252
1580
1748
2269
941
651
698
623
World
3321
4467
6401
8888
5087
4979
3190
3364
&
subsequent
introduction
of
suitable