Does Global Warming Impact Locales Causing it More?

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The discussion highlights that greenhouse gases, primarily carbon dioxide, are the leading contributors to global warming, which has been increasing over recent decades. It questions whether the negative effects of global warming are more pronounced in regions that produce higher emissions. The consensus is that greenhouse gases disperse globally, meaning that the impacts of climate change, such as extreme weather events, are not necessarily greater in high-emission countries like China compared to lower-emission countries like Russia. Instead, the severity of climate effects is influenced more by local climate conditions than by the proximity to emission sources. Additionally, localized issues like acid rain tend to affect areas downwind of emission sites rather than the emission sources themselves. The thread was closed for not adhering to forum rules regarding scientific discussion and lack of cited sources.
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We know that greenhouse gases are the biggest cause of global warming and that the Earth has gotten warmer and warmer over the past few decades.

Question: Since not all locales produce greenhouse gases (namely, carbon dioxide) equally, are the effects of global warming distributed more to those locales that do?

For example, if China produces 20x more carbon dioxide than Russia, would China experience more negative effects of it like extreme weather events?
 
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No.
Greenhouse gases will rapidly distribute internationally.
Strong effects are based on local climate effects, not the source of emissions.

Even less global effects like acid rain caused by particular emissions are often strongest down wind of the sites of emissions.
 
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M 7.6 - 73 km ENE of Misawa, Japan https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000rtdt/executive 2025-12-08 14:15:11 (UTC) 40.960°N 142.185°E 53.1 km depth It was however fairly deep (53.1 km depth) as compared to the Great Tohoku earthquake in which the sea floor was displaced. I don't believe a tsunami would be significant. https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000rtdt/region-info

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