{"id":21279,"date":"2024-04-29T10:30:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-29T09:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sad-borg.82-223-8-23.plesk.page\/glossary\/co2\/"},"modified":"2024-04-29T10:34:34","modified_gmt":"2024-04-29T09:34:34","slug":"co2","status":"publish","type":"glossary","link":"https:\/\/xqthenews.com\/en\/glossary\/co2\/","title":{"rendered":"CO2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A chemical formula for carbon dioxide, which in its gaseous state is considered by scientists to be one of the main causes of the greenhouse effect, i.e. <a class=\"glossaryLink\" aria-describedby=\"tt\" data-cmtooltip=\"&lt;div class=glossaryItemTitle&gt;Global Warming&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;div class=glossaryItemBody&gt;&amp;lt;!-- wp:paragraph {&amp;quot;translatedWithWPMLTM&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;1&amp;quot;} --&amp;gt;An increase in the average temperature of the planet&amp;#039;s atmosphere and oceans, caused by human activities (especially the burning of fossil fuels and deforestation). These activities release large quantities of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, such as carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O). 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