State the cause of increase of green house effect.
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Solution
The main causes are ----
1. Burning of fossil fuel , for electricity , heat , cooking , transportation ,industry etc.
2. Excessive use of fertilizers in agriculture , which emit N2O (one of the green house gases) in the atmosphere .
3. Decrease in plantation , due to so called development . Plants are good absorbers of CO2 , but now their number is decreasing , so amount of CO2 is increasing .
4. Excessive use of air conditioners and leakage of freezer gases , called HFC .