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| 8399245242 | carbon dioxide | Enters the atmosphere through burning fossil fuels (coal, natural gas, and oil), solid waste, trees and wood products, and also as a result of certain chemical reactions (e.g., manufacture of cement). |  | 0 |
| 8399245243 | methane | Emitted during the production and transport of coal, natural gas, and oil. Emissions also result from livestock and other agricultural practices and by the decay of organic waste in municipal solid waste landfills. |  | 1 |
| 8399245244 | nitrous oxide | Greenhouse gas produced by the action of microbes on nitrogen compounds in the soil and the sea |  | 2 |
| 8399245247 | short wave radiation | Radiation that enters the atmosphere from the sun. Visible Light |  | 3 |
| 8399245248 | infrared radiation | Radiation that gets trapped by the Earth's atmosphere or radiated into space. Heat. | | 4 |
| 8399245249 | ice cores | Source of evidence for past climate change back to almost 1 million years |  | 5 |
| 8399245256 | global climate change | Changes in the average climate that occurs in an area over a period of years or decades. Can include temperature or rainfall |  | 6 |
| 8399245257 | global warming | The warming of the oceans, land masses, and atmosphere of Earth |  | 7 |
| 8399245258 | greenhouse effect | Absorption of infrared radiation by atmospheric gasses and reradiation of the energy back toward Earth |  | 8 |
| 8399245261 | carbon sequestration | Terrestrial, or biologic, carbon sequestration is the process by which trees and plants absorb carbon dioxide, release the oxygen, and store the carbon. | 9 | |
| 8399310323 | Carbon Offset | voluntary payments toward a cause that will offset the harm being done | 10 | |
| 8399317544 | Water Vapor | A natural green house gas | 11 | |
| 8399324760 | Carbon Tax | Charge polluters a fee for every unit of greenhouse gas they emit | 12 | |
| 8399331289 | Tax Deductions | A deduction in taxes due to an activity that will help alleviate climate change | 13 | |
| 8399344632 | Kyoto Protocol | International Treaty signed in 1997 in which 38 countries agreed to decrease greenhouse gas emissions | 14 | |
| 8399359993 | Paris Climate Agreement | International Treaty signed in 2015 in which 195 countries agreed to lower greenhouse gas emissions | 15 | |
| 9621239076 | Anthropogenic | pollutant that is originated from human activity | 16 |
