Enhanced greenhouse effect
What Enhanced greenhouse effect means in Geography GCSE, as defined for AQA, Pearson Edexcel.
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Human factors primarily involve this, driven by burning fossil fuels, deforestation, and agriculture, which release carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxides.
Human emissions of carbon dioxide and methane drive this process, which causes climate change.
The increased trapping of longwave infrared radiation in the Earth's atmosphere due to human activities adding extra greenhouse gases.
Topics that use Enhanced greenhouse effect
- Climate change (AQA GCSE)
- Global climate is now changing as a result of human activity (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Adaptation
- Afforestation
- Carbon Sink
- Climate change adaptation
- Climate change mitigation
- Deforestation
- Ice cores
- International agreements
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