The Carbon Cycle: Implications for Climate Change and Congress

Folger, Peter

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Carbon dioxide;    Greenhouse gases;    Greenhouse effect;    Air pollution;    Carbon dioxide sinks;   

RP-ID  :  RL34059
RP-ID  :  RL34059_2008Mar13

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

This report puts the human contribution of carbon to the atmosphere into the larger context of the global carbon cycle. The report focuses almost entirely on carbon dioxide (CO2), which alone is responsible for over half of the change in Earth's radiation balance. Moreover, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), CO2 is the most important greenhouse gas released to the atmosphere from human activities.