Greenhouse gases consist of Carbon Dioxide, Chlorofluorocarbons, Methane, Nitrous Oxide and Ozone. ... Nitrous Oxide is used in agricultural fertilizers, released when burning fossil fuels and is released in the production of synthetic chemicals. It traps infrared radiation changing it to nitric oxide which destroys ozone and thereby allows harmful rays into the Earth's atmosphere. ...

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