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Climate change is a global threat. The increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases (GHGs—carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide) in the atmosphere are blamed for the changing global climate. The greenhouse gases play a key role in causing climate change, and the biosphere can contribute positively as well as negatively to the atmospheric GHG concentrations through feedback processes. Knowledge of the feedback processes and their interactions with climate change and human activities is necessary if we are to understand to what impact feedback processes will have on climate change and to what extent manipulation of the biosphere will actually have the desired beneficial effects. In this context, a significant amount of scientific research work has been done and is continuing across different parts of the world to characterize the sources and sinks of GHGs. Thus, the book entitled, ‘Greenhouse Gas Emissions,’ is a compilation of select case studies on the topic authored by international scientists from different parts of the world.
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Shurpali, N., Agarwal, A.K., Srivastava, V.K. (2019). Introduction to Greenhouse Gas Emissions. In: Shurpali, N., Agarwal, A., Srivastava, V. (eds) Greenhouse Gas Emissions. Energy, Environment, and Sustainability. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-3272-2_1
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