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What is the greenhouse Effect and why is it vital to life here?
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The gases carbon dioxide and water vapor trap infrared energy close to the Earth's surface, warming us enough to keep the hydrosphere liquid.  With no Greenhouse heating, the surface temperature of Earth would average -23 degrees Celsius and the oceans would freeze.
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