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Chapter 20: Problem 70

Instead of monitoring carbon dioxide, suggest another gas that scientists could study to substantiate the fact that \(\mathrm{CO}_{2}\) concentration is steadily increasing in the atmosphere.

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Methane (\(CH_{4}\)) could be another gas that scientists could study to demonstrate the fact that \(\mathrm{CO}_{2}\) concentration is steadily increasing in the atmosphere. Both are emitted by similar sources and it has been shown that methane concentration is also rising in the atmosphere.

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01

Identify Potential Gases

Identify and list down other gases that are considered greenhouse gases, thus contributing to global warming- some potential candidates can be methane (\(CH_{4}\)), nitrous oxide (\(N_{2}O\)) or sulfur hexafluoride (\(SF_{6}\)).
02

Validate the Correlation

One must then validate that the identified gas has a correlation with \(\mathrm{CO}_{2}\) in terms of emission or production. For instance, methane is emitted from similar sources as carbon dioxide, such as, combustion of fossil fuels.
03

Confirm the Increase in Concentration

Finally, use scientific literature or atmospheric data surveys to concretely show that the concentration of this particular gas is indeed rising in the atmosphere in congruence to \(\mathrm{CO}_{2}\), substantiating the increase in \(\mathrm{CO}_{2}\) levels.

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