Greenhouse gas
What Greenhouse gas means in Combined Science GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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Reference: AQA
Carbon dioxide and methane are examples, and their atmospheric concentrations are rising because human activities add them faster than natural processes remove them.
Carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere is a greenhouse gas, so damaging peat increases its concentration in the atmosphere.
A gas such as carbon dioxide or methane whose emissions actions aim to reduce.
Topics that use Greenhouse gas
- Global warming (AQA GCSE)
- Land use (AQA GCSE)
- The carbon footprint and its reduction (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Combustion
- Biodiversity loss
- Carbon dioxide equivalent
- Carbon footprint
- Competition for finite land
- Global warming
- Greenhouse effect
- Habitat destruction and fragmentation
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