Open AccessSynthetic greenhouse gases to decline if Montreal Protocol amended
Author(s) -
Wendel JoAnna
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1002/2014eo290021
Subject(s) - montreal protocol , greenhouse gas , atmosphere (unit) , ozone layer , environmental science , carbon dioxide , radiative forcing , kyoto protocol , greenhouse effect , ozone , atmospheric sciences , meteorology , global warming , chemistry , climate change , geography , ecology , aerosol , organic chemistry , geology , biology
The Montreal Protocol, an international treaty designed to reduce the release into the atmosphere of ozone‐depleting gases such as hydrochlorofluorocarbons and chlorofluorocarbons, has been successful since its implementation in the late 1980s. However, related greenhouse gases, such as hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), have increased in concentration in the atmosphere since then. HFCs, along with other synthetic greenhouse gases (SGHGs), account for a radiative forcing almost 20% as large as that due to the increase in carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) since the preindustrial era.