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Climate Change

Environment · जलवायु परिवर्तन · 15 facts

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Global warming caused by greenhouse gases like CO2 methane

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Carbon dioxide CO2 is the main greenhouse gas from fossil fuels

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Methane is 80 times more potent greenhouse gas than CO2

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Sea level rise caused by melting glaciers and thermal expansion

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IPCC assesses scientific basis of climate change for UN

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Carbon footprint measures total greenhouse gas emissions

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Deforestation contributes about 10 percent of global emissions

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El Nino causes warming of Pacific Ocean affects global weather

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La Nina causes cooling of Pacific Ocean opposite of El Nino

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Coral bleaching caused by rise in ocean temperature

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Net zero means balancing emissions with removals by 2050

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India targets net zero carbon emissions by 2070

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Nitrous oxide N2O from agriculture and fertilizers is third most important greenhouse gas

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India is third largest emitter of CO2 globally after China and USA

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Carbon sink absorbs more carbon than it emits forests and oceans are major carbon sinks