Assessing the potential climate impact of anaesthetic gases

MPS Andersen, OJ Nielsen… - The Lancet Planetary …, 2023 - thelancet.com
There is increasing concern within the health-care community about the role care delivery
plays in environmental degradation, sparking research into how to reduce pollution from …

Global warming potentials and radiative efficiencies of halocarbons and related compounds: A comprehensive review

Ø Hodnebrog, M Etminan, JS Fuglestvedt… - Reviews of …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
In the mid‐1970s, it was recognized that chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) were strong
greenhouse gases that could have substantial impacts on radiative forcing of climate …

Radiative forcing and climate response

J Hansen, M Sato, R Ruedy - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 1997 - Wiley Online Library
We examine the sensitivity of a climate model to a wide range of radiative forcings, including
changes of solar irradiance, atmospheric CO2, O3, CFCs, clouds, aerosols, surface albedo …

Atmospheric chemistry of oxygenated volatile organic compounds: impacts on air quality and climate

A Mellouki, TJ Wallington, J Chen - Chemical reviews, 2015 - ACS Publications
It is hard to overstate the importance of oxygenated organic compounds in atmospheric
chemistry. Oxygenated organic compounds are emitted into the atmosphere from natural …

Making things the same: Gases, emission rights and the politics of carbon markets

D MacKenzie - Accounting, organizations and society, 2009 - Elsevier
This paper analyses the development of carbon markets: markets in permits to emit
greenhouse gases or in credits earned by not emitting them. It describes briefly how such …

New estimates of radiative forcing due to well mixed greenhouse gases

G Myhre, EJ Highwood, KP Shine… - Geophysical research …, 1998 - Wiley Online Library
We have performed new calculations of the radiative forcing due to changes in the
concentrations of the most important well mixed greenhouse gases (WMGG) since pre …

SF6 alternative development for high voltage Switchgears

Y Kieffel, F Biquez, P Ponchon… - 2015 IEEE power & …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The modern transmission and distribution network relies on SF 6 technology because of its
remarkable arc quenching properties and dielectric insulation (approximately 3 times …

Global warming potential of inhaled anesthetics: application to clinical use

SM Ryan, CJ Nielsen - Anesthesia & Analgesia, 2010 - journals.lww.com
BACKGROUND: Inhaled anesthetics are recognized greenhouse gases. Calculating their
relative impact during common clinical usage will allow comparison to each other and to …

Updated global warming potentials and radiative efficiencies of halocarbons and other weak atmospheric absorbers

Ø Hodnebrog, B Aamaas, JS Fuglestvedt… - Reviews of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Human activity has led to increased atmospheric concentrations of many gases, including
halocarbons, and may lead to emissions of many more gases. Many of these gases are, on …

Assessing the impact on global climate from general anesthetic gases

MPS Andersen, OJ Nielsen, TJ Wallington… - Anesthesia & …, 2012 - journals.lww.com
DISCUSSION Radiative forcing is a measure of the influence a factor has in altering the
balance of incoming and outgoing energy in the Earth-atmosphere system, often stated …