Nitrous oxide greenhouse effect

Other greenhouse gases, include nitrous oxide (laughing gas), carbon tetrachloride, and several other minor gases. The collective greenhouse effect of these gases is estimated to add 50-150% to the increase in greenhouse effect expected from C02 alone. 

Besides NOx oxides, there is nitrous oxide (N2O), which is of special interest in isotope geochemistry. N2O is present in air at around 300 ppb and increases by about 0.2% per year. Nitrous oxide is an important greenhouse gas that is, on a molecular basis, a much more effective contributor to global warming than CO2 and that is also a major chemical control on stratospheric ozone budgets. 

A few comments on nitrous oxide Nitrous oxide (NzO) is a gas produced mainly through natural sources. However, generally, motor vehicles and combustion processes contribute to its formation in urban areas. Unfortunately, it is involved adversely in the two global environmental problems it contributes to the greenhouse effect and penetrates into the stratosphere, destroying the ozone layer. 

Infrared (IR) active gases, like water vapor (H20), carbon dioxide (C02), ozone (03), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N20), chlorofluorocarbons CFC-11 (CC13F) and CFC-12 (CC12F2) naturally and anthropogenically present in the Earth s atmosphere, absorb thermal IR radiation emitted by the Earth s surface and atmosphere. This phenomenon is known as the atmospheric greenhouse effect , and the IR active... 

In addition to C02, methane comes from landfills, coal mines, oil and gas operations, and agriculture. Nitrous oxide (NO) is emitted from burning fossil fuels and through the use of certain fertilizers or industrial processes. In terms of its effect on the climate, the most important greenhouse gas is C02. 

Nitrogen oxides (NOx) such as nitric oxide (NO), nitrous oxide (N2O), and nitrogen dioxide (NO2) make one of fhe most common groups of air pollufanfs. They are released mainly from internal combustion engines and furnaces and are considered fo be harmful atmospheric pollutants, as they can cause acid rain, photochemical smog, and greenhouse effects (Zhou et ah, 2007). 

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