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However,
CFCs have long
lifetimes in the atmosphere before they are broken down by sunlight, and
consequently
they
Cause
will continue to enhance the
greenhouse effect well into the 21st century.
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The Montreal Protocol in 1987 has helped to phase
out
CFCs emissions in an attempt to protect
the ozone layer, but because of their long atmospheric lifetimes,
they
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will continue to influence the
greenhouse effect for many years.
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As soon as warming melts the
snow and the pack ice, the mean albedo diminishes considerably, the
'ground' absorbs more and more heat, carbon dioxide enters the
atmosphere from the ocean
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, thus increasing the
greenhouse
effect
, and thus increasing the mean temperature and so on.
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The
greenhouse effect
as a result of
human
activities
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, which is a perturbation rather than
pollution, largely escapes that definition because of its global reach and the time
lag of its effects.
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This is because
the
greenhouse gas
is gradually removed from
the atmosphere through natural removal mechanisms, and
its
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influence on the
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