Climate Change
Climate change refers to any significant change in the measures of climate lasting for an extended period of time. In other words, climate change includes major changes in temperature, precipitation, or wind patterns, among other effects, that occur over several decades or longer. It is a spatially differentiated process. Although many areas could experience temperature increases on the order of 1.5–4.5°C. Patterns and amounts of precipitation are also likely to change, and it is projected that rainfall will increase in some areas and decrease in others. An anthropogenic greenhouse gas emission is the major contributor for climate change. CO2 and other green house gases can trap the heat and when the concentration of these gases in the atmosphere is higher, more heat is being trapped and as a result the atmospheric temperature gets increased.
In the 1860s Irish scientist John Tyndall explored and documented the remarkable power of greenhouse gases (GHGs). Carbon dioxide, the single most important greenhouse gas emitted by human activities, is responsible for 85% of the increase in radiative forcing over the past decade. The amount of CO2in the atmosphere reached 390.9 parts per million in 2011, or 140% of the pre-industrial level of 280 parts per million. Methane (CH4) is the second most important long lived greenhouse gas. Atmospheric methane reached a new high of about 1813 parts per billion (ppb) in 2011, or 259% of the pre-industrial level, due to increased emissions from man-made sources. Nitrous oxide (N2O) is emitted into the atmosphere by both natural (about 60%) and manmade sources (approximately 40%), including oceans, soil, biomass burning, fertilizer use, and various industrial processes. Its atmospheric concentration in 2011 was about 324.2 parts per billion, which is 1.0 ppb above the previous year and 120% of the pre-industrial level.
The factor- Global warming potential (GWP) is very important since it is a measure of relative power of a given amount of different greenhouse gases. This index measures the power of the compound as a greenhouse gas relative to carbon dioxide. GWP of different gases are given below:

Gas

GWP

Carbon dioxide (CO2)

1

Methane (CH4)

25

Nitrous oxide (N2O)

298

Hydroflurocarbons (HFCs)

100-14800

Perflurocarbons (PFCs)

7390-12200

Sulfurhexafluoride (SF6)

22800

In 2001, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) proposed that as a after effect of global warming, sea level may rise anywhere from 90 to 880mm (3.5-35”) by 2100. As per the available data, US is in first place in the contribution of green house gases into the atmosphere followed by China, which is suspected to be the first by 2025 due to its growing population.
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