Ottawa: Concordia University of Canada have made a study on global warming and stated that United States, China, Russia, Brazil, India, Germany and United Kingdom are the biggest contributors to the rising temperatures of the world.
Study also conducted that these 7 countries were collectively responsible for more than 60 percent of pre-2005 global warming.
The study, under the leadership of an associate professor in the Department of Geography, Planning and Environment, Damon Matthews, ranked the US as an unambiguous leader, responsible for a global temperature increase of 0.15 C, which is close to 20 percent of the observed warming.
China and Russia account for around 8 percent each; Brazil and India 7 percent; and Germany and the UK around 5 percent each.
Notify that including Brazil and Indonesia, less industrialized countries also ranked so highly because their positions reflect carbon dioxide emissions related to deforestation.
Matthews and his colleagues experimented with scaling the emissions to the size of the corresponding area. Western Europe, the U.S., Japan and India are hugely expanded, reflecting emissions much greater than would be expected based on their geographic area. Russia, China and Brazil stay the same.
Bureau Report
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