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Anthropogenic greenhouse gases include carbon dioxide from burning fossil fuels, methane from livestock and landfill decay, nitrous oxide from agricultural fertilizers, and fluorinated gases. These compounds absorb radiation within our atmosphere, thereby trapping heat and insulating our atmosphere resulting in an increased greenhouse effect leading to increase temperature of the planet. This increase in temperature of the planet is consequently attributing to climate change resulting in rising sea levels, altering temperature of waters, and sporadic and severe weather patterns and events. These forces are contributing to the wicked problems that are interconnected to climate change such as biodiversity loss, human loss, and socioeconomic disparities of livelihoods. Sustainable development in higher education can educate the next generation to learn about how to build a sustainable future through diverse disciplinary solutions from science and...
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Aprill, M., O’Neil, J.K. (2019). Greenhouse Gases and Sustainable Development. In: Leal Filho, W. (eds) Encyclopedia of Sustainability in Higher Education. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11352-0_282
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