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Why is carbon dioxide the most important greenhouse gas?

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Carbon dioxide is present in the highest concentration among all the greenhouse gasses (GHG). And it has the highest radiative forcing among all the GHGs, which simply means that carbon dioxide has had the highest influence on global warming as compared to the other GHG
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