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Does earth radiating mostly infrared light cause the greenhouse effect?
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∙ 11y ago
Yes. The infrared radiation from the surface of the earth is captured by the greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. This causes the greenhouse effect.
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What effect does the greenhouse effect have on light entering and leaving the atmosphere?
Greenhouse gases (water, carbon dioxide and methane, mostly) allow light to enter the earth's atmosphere. It comes in as solar radiation and about half of it is absorbed by the earth's surface. This radiation is converted to heat energy, which in turn, radiates infrared (longwave) radiation back out into space. Much of this infrared radiation is captured by the greenhouse gases in the troposphere (the lowest layer of the atmosphere). The warmed greenhouse gases then heat the air around them, and re-radiate the heat back down to earth, contributing to the greenhouse effect.
Scientists are studying the greenhouse effect of which planet?
Earth mostly, but also Venus and Mars.
What is a disadvantage of greenhouse gases?
Greenhouse gases have kept the planet comfortably warm for millions of years. This has been an advantage.Now, however, there is an excess of greenhouse gases (mostly carbon dioxide from burning fossil fuels). This extra greenhouse gas is causing an accelerated greenhouse effect which is causing global warming. This is a serious disadvantage!
How do cattle affect the greenhouse effect?
Cattle emit methane (CH4) from both ends, but mostly from the front. Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas, 21 times stronger than carbon dioxide, so billions of ruminants around the world make a serious contribution to the greenhouse effect.
What is the greenhouse effect and what gases are responsible for it?
The greenhouse effect keeps the earth warm enough for life. This is a good thing.The gases responsible are mostly water vapour and carbon dioxide.The enhanced greenhouse effect is causing global warming and climate change. This is a very dangerous thing.The gases responsible are mostly carbon dioxide (from our burning of fossil fuels which release long-hidden carbon) and methane (from cattle, agricultural practices, rice paddies and melting tundra).
What effect does the greenhouse effect have on light entering and leaving the atmosphere?
Greenhouse gases (water, carbon dioxide and methane, mostly) allow light to enter the earth's atmosphere. It comes in as solar radiation and about half of it is absorbed by the earth's surface. This radiation is converted to heat energy, which in turn, radiates infrared (longwave) radiation back out into space. Much of this infrared radiation is captured by the greenhouse gases in the troposphere (the lowest layer of the atmosphere). The warmed greenhouse gases then heat the air around them, and re-radiate the heat back down to earth, contributing to the greenhouse effect.
When does greenhouse effect happen?
The greenhouse effect happens mostly at night, when heat is being radiated back into space.
When does the greenhouse effect happen?
The greenhouse effect happens mostly at night, when heat is being radiated back into space.
Scientists are studying the greenhouse effect of which planet?
Earth mostly, but also Venus and Mars.
What gases cause global warming and how?
Greenhouse gases (carbon dioxide and methane, mostly) cause global warming by increasing their levels in the atmosphere. This turns the benign greenhouse effect into an accelerated greenhouse effect which is causing global warming.
What does the greenhouse effect lead to?
The natural greenhouse effect leads to keeping the earth warm enough for life.The enhanced greenhouse effect (caused by burning fossil fuels and deforestation) leads to global warming and climate change.
What is a disadvantage of greenhouse gases?
Greenhouse gases have kept the planet comfortably warm for millions of years. This has been an advantage.Now, however, there is an excess of greenhouse gases (mostly carbon dioxide from burning fossil fuels). This extra greenhouse gas is causing an accelerated greenhouse effect which is causing global warming. This is a serious disadvantage!
Is the greenhouse effect really responsible for global warming?
Yes, the greenhouse effect is a natural phenomenon which has existed here for trillions of years and protected the earth from global freezing like the ice age. But increases in greenhouse gases mostly carbon dioxide caused by man's burning of fossil fuels is causing an enhanced, or accelerated greenhouse effect which is responsible for global warming.
The greenhouse effect is caused by the warming of?
The planet(s) through solar radiation and the retention of a small portion of this heat through atmospheric gases. The greenhouse effect is caused by the warming of the greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, mostly water vapor and carbon dioxide. This is a natural effect that has gone on for millions of years. The enhanced greenhouse effect, what we are experiencing now, is caused by the warming of the extra greenhouse gases that man is adding to the atmosphere, largely by burning fossil fuels, and by deforestation.
How do cattle affect the greenhouse effect?
Cattle emit methane (CH4) from both ends, but mostly from the front. Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas, 21 times stronger than carbon dioxide, so billions of ruminants around the world make a serious contribution to the greenhouse effect.
What gas is in the greenhouse effect?
Mostly water vapor, although there are trace gases such as carbon dioxide, methane and ozone that produce small additional amounts of warming.A:The greenhouse effect has kept the planet warm for millions of years. When most people talk about the greenhouse effect now, they are referring to the enhanced greenhouse effect, which is being caused by additional carbon dioxide since man started burning fossil fuels about 200 years ago.
What is in the greenhouse effect?
Mostly water vapor, although there are trace gases such as carbon dioxide, methane and ozone that produce small additional amounts of warming.A:The greenhouse effect has kept the planet warm for millions of years. When most people talk about the greenhouse effect now, they are referring to the enhanced greenhouse effect, which is being caused by additional carbon dioxide since man started burning fossil fuels about 200 years ago.
