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Agriculture and Land Use

Agriculture, waste, fossil-fuel extraction and some industrial processes emit methane and nitrous oxide, which are highly potent on shorter timescales and contribute substantially to near-term warming and ozone chemistry.

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whats the largest cause of climate change

The largest cause of contemporary is the burning of fossil fuels—coal, oil and gas—which produces the bulk of additional carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and drives the recent rise in global temperatu...