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2005 was the warmest year on the record. Eleven of
the warmest years in the last 125 years have occured
sicnce 1990 .
2. In 1995 the power produced in the world by wind
was 4800 megawatts. In 2005 it was 59000 mega watts.
3. 35000 people died in Europe in 2003 due to heat
waves.
POPs
Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)
are chemical substances that persist in the environment,
bioaccumulate through the food web, and pose a risk
of causing adverse effects to human health and the
environment. With the evidence of long-range transport
of these substances to regions where they have never
been used or produced and the consequent threats they
pose to the environment of the whole globe, the international
community has now, at several occasions called for
urgent global actions to reduce and eliminate releases
of these chemicals.
IPCC list of greenhouse gases
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gases relevant to radiative forcing only
(per IPCC documentation)
| Gas |
Alternate Name |
Formula |
1998 Level |
Increase since 1750 |
Radiative forcing (Wm2) |
| Carbon dioxide |
|
(CO2) |
365ppm |
87 ppm |
1.46 |
| Methane |
|
(CH4) |
1,745ppb |
1,045ppb |
0.48 |
| Nitrous oxide |
|
(N2O) |
314ppb |
44ppb |
0.15 |
| Tetrafluoromethane |
Carbon tetrafluoride |
(CF4) |
80ppt |
40ppt |
0.003 |
| Hexafluoroethane |
|
(C2F6) |
3 ppt |
3ppt |
0.001 |
| Sulfur hexafluoride |
|
(SF6) |
4.2ppt |
4.2ppt |
0.002 |
| HFC-23* |
Trifluoromethane |
(CHF3) |
14ppt |
14ppt |
0.002 |
| HFC-134a* |
1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane |
(C2H2F4) |
7.5ppt |
7.5ppt |
0.001 |
| HFC-152a* |
1,1-Difluoroethane
|
(C2H4F2) |
0.5ppt |
0.5ppt |
0.000 |
Gases relevant to radiative forcing and ozone
depletion (per IPCC documentation)
| Gas |
Alternate Name |
Formula |
1998 Level |
Increase since 1750 |
Radiative forcing (Wm2) |
| CFC-11 |
Trichlorofluoromethane |
(CFCl3) |
268ppt |
268ppt |
0.07 |
| CFC-12 |
Dichlorodifluoromethane |
(CF2Cl2) |
533ppt |
533ppt |
0.17 |
| CFC-13 |
Chlorotrifluoromethane |
(CClF3) |
4ppt |
4ppt |
0.001 |
| CFC-113 |
1,1,1-Trichlorotrifluoroethane |
(C2F3Cl3) |
84ppt |
84ppt |
0.03 |
| CFC-114 |
Dic1,2- hlorotetrafluoroethane |
(C2F4Cl2) |
15ppt |
15ppt |
0.005 |
| CFC-115 |
Chloropentafluoroethane |
(C2F5Cl) |
7ppt |
7ppt |
0.001 |
| Carbon tetrachloride |
Tetrachloromethane |
(CCl4) |
102ppt |
102ppt |
0.01 |
1,1,1-Trichloroethane |
Methyl chloroform |
(CH3CCl3) |
69ppt |
69ppt |
0.004 |
HCFC-141b |
1,1-Dichloro-1-Fluoroethane |
(C2H3FCl2) |
10ppt |
10ppt |
0.001 |
| HCFC-142b |
1-Chloro-1,1-Difluoroethane |
(C2H3F2Cl) |
11ppt |
11ppt |
0.002 |
| Halon-1211 |
Bromochlorodifluoromethane |
(CClF2Br) |
3.8ppt |
3.8ppt |
0.001 |
| Halon-1301 |
Bromotrifluoromethane |
(CF3Br) |
2.5ppt |
2.5ppt |
0.001 |
(Source: IPCC radiative forcing report 1994 updated
(to 1998) by IPCC TAR table 6.1 [1]. See also [2].
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