Statement on global climate change before the Subcommittee on Energy and Power, United States House of Representatives

Technical Report · Thu Apr 01 04:00:00 EST 1993

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/10149551· OSTI ID:10149551

Edmonds, J A

Greenhouse gases are gases which are effectively transparent to incoming sunlight but absorb infrared radiation escaping to space and thereby warm the surface of the Earth. Human activities result in the release of greenhouse and related gases in such quantities that they are changing the composition of the atmosphere. Greenhouse and related gases which human activities release include carbon dioxide (CO{sub 2}), methane (CH{sub 4}) carbon monoxide (CO), nitrous oxide (N{sub 2}O), nitrogen oxides (NO{sub x}), chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and sulphur dioxide (SO{sub 2}). The emission and effects of these gases are detailed in this report.

• Research Organization: Pacific Northwest Lab., Richland, WA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 10149551
• Report Number(s): PNL-SA--22080; ON: DE93013163
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
540120
AIR POLLUTION
CARBON DIOXIDE
CARBON MONOXIDE
CHEMICALS MONITORING AND TRANSPORT
CHLOROFLUOROCARBONS
CLIMATIC CHANGE
EMISSION
FORECASTING
GREENHOUSE EFFECT
GREENHOUSE GASES
METHANE
NITROGEN OXIDES
NITROUS OXIDE
OZONE
SULFUR DIOXIDE