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Name any greenhouse gas which contributes to global warming.


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Global warming:

  1. Global warming is the long-term warming of Earth's climate system as a result of human activity.
  2. This increases heat-trapping greenhouse gas levels in the atmosphere.
  3. The principal greenhouse gas emitted by human activity is carbon dioxide, it accounts for around 80% of all human-caused greenhouse gas emissions.

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