Technologies to Reduce Carbon Dioxide Emissions in the Next Decade
DOI: 10.1063/1.1333283
The rise in the average global temperatures over the past few decades has raised concerns that the warming stems in part from anthropogenic emissions of so‐called greenhouse gases, that is, those gases that trap heat near Earth’s surface. Dominant among the greenhouse gases caused by human activity is carbon dioxide, even when the gases are compared in terms of their perturbation to the atmosphere, as in figure 1.
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Arthur H. Rosenfeld, California Energy Commission.
Tina M. Kaarsberg, US Department of Energy.
Joseph Romm, Center for Energy and Climate Solutions.
