Scenarios about 'greenhouse gases'
Greenhouse gases are atmospheric compounds that trap heat by absorbing infrared radiation, contributing to the greenhouse effect that warms Earth's surface. These gases—primarily carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and fluorinated gases—have increased significantly since the Industrial Revolution due to human activities like fossil fuel combustion, deforestation, and industrial processes. In alternate history scenarios, different levels of greenhouse gas emissions could dramatically alter climate trajectories, technological development paths, and geopolitical relationships between nations.
What If Climate Change Was Addressed Earlier?
Exploring the alternate timeline where global climate change was taken seriously and addressed effectively beginning in the 1980s, potentially averting the climate crisis facing our world today.