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प्रश्न
State three causes that have led to an increase in greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
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उत्तर
The causes that have led to an increase in greenhouse gases (GHGs) are:
- Increase in industries
- Increase in deforestation
- Increase in atmospheric pollution due to emissions from chimneys of factories
- Increase in natural disasters like floods, volcanic eruptions, and earthquakes that release large amounts of smoke, dust, and gases into the atmosphere
- Increase in the methane content of the atmosphere because of large-scale cattle rearing, since cattle release methane
- Expansion of cities and towns
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