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Anti-greenhouse effect

Many planetary bodies show the Green House Effect. In our solar System, Mars and Venus show the Green House Effect, but Titan, the largest planet of Saturn and Pluto, shows

Green House Effect

In the Green House Effect, the thermal radiation from a planetary surface is absorbed by atmospheric greenhouse gases, and is re-radiated in all directions. The result is that the temperature

Greenhouse Gases (GHGs)

Greenhouse gases are those gaseous constituents of the atmosphere, both natural and anthropogenic, that absorb and emit radiation at specific wavelengths within the spectrum of thermal infrared radiation emitted by

Acid Rain Program

Acid Rain Program came into being after the 1990 Clean Air Act, which is a United States federal law enacted by the United States Congress to control air pollution on

Gothenburg protocol

A Protocol to Abate Acidification, Eutrophication and Ground-level Ozone was adopted by the countries of UNECE in Gothenburg (Sweden) on 30 November 1999. This protocol is also known as Muti-effect

Sulphur Emissions Reduction Protocol

Sulphur Emissions Reduction Protocol is a protocol that aims at reducing the emission of Sulphur by at least 30%. It came into force in 1987 and had 22 parties. It

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