Definition for Difference between revisions of "Greenhouse effect"
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| − | The process in which short-wave solar radiation passes through the atmosphere to warm Earth but is radiated back to space as long-wave infrared radiation. Much of this radiation is absorbed by atmospheric gases and reradiated back to Earth's surface, causing its temperature to rise. | + | 1. The process in which short-wave solar radiation passes through the atmosphere to warm Earth but is radiated back to space as long-wave infrared radiation. Much of this radiation is absorbed by atmospheric gases and reradiated back to Earth's surface, causing its temperature to rise. |
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| + | 2. The warming of the atmosphere due to increased amounts of carbon dioxide, nitrous oxides, methane, and chloroflourocarbons. | ||
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Revision as of 20:49, 21 November 2017
1. The process in which short-wave solar radiation passes through the atmosphere to warm Earth but is radiated back to space as long-wave infrared radiation. Much of this radiation is absorbed by atmospheric gases and reradiated back to Earth's surface, causing its temperature to rise.
2. The warming of the atmosphere due to increased amounts of carbon dioxide, nitrous oxides, methane, and chloroflourocarbons.