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The Fuss about Methane

Legal Planet

The issue is that total human radiative forcing includes several parts that heat and some that cool, so counting separate heating contributions like this leaving out the cooling parts gives too much heating.). Human-source atmospheric methane now adds slightly less than 1 watt per square meter (W/m 2 ) of radiative forcing, versus 1.7

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Physics: The Science of the Universe and Everything In It

Environmental Science

Today, it overlaps with many other sciences and has had a profound impact on the environmental sciences just as chemistry has. It also underpins the physical sciences by providing the theoretical framework on which it may base its own assumptions and basic theoretical models. How Physics Applies to Environmental Science.