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Natural gas is a greenhouse gas, methane, and when it is burnt it releases the other greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide.
According to the phrase, it may seem that way, but actually, no, they do not.The phrase "greenhouse gas" is simply a metaphor describing the ways carbon dioxide and other gases in the atmosphere can trap heat emanating from the earth just the way a greenhouse traps warmth for plants to grow.
Greenhouse gases absorb infrared radiation, which means they trap heat. Nitrogen and oxygen tend to be thermodynamically inert, meaning they let the heat escape. Water vapor, methane, and carbon dioxide absorb long wave solar radiation, which helps keep the earth warm.
"Greenhouse gas" is just a catchy term that means "traps heat." Due to the way the atmosphere is layered, some gases trap more heat than others; CO being about the weakest "greenhouse gas."
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Natural gas is a greenhouse gas, methane, and when it is burnt it releases the other greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide.
Greenhouse gases will increase as long as we keep burning fossil fuels (coal, oil and natural gas) in industry, transport and the generation of electricity, which releases carbon dioxide, the greenhouse gas causing global warming.
Combustion releases carbon dioxide as the carbon in the organic material is joined with oxygen from the atmosphere. Carbon dioxide is understood to be a greenhouse gas, meaning it traps heat in the atmosphere.
A greenhouse gas is a gas (with at least three atoms) that traps heat inside the earth's atmosphere. Greenhouse gases include carbon dioxide and methane. It is important that some heat is trapped inside our atmosphere - otherwise the earth would freeze. But too much heat has a negative impact on the climate.
According to the phrase, it may seem that way, but actually, no, they do not.The phrase "greenhouse gas" is simply a metaphor describing the ways carbon dioxide and other gases in the atmosphere can trap heat emanating from the earth just the way a greenhouse traps warmth for plants to grow.
Greenhouse gases (GHG) are any gas or types of gases that trap, absorb and emit heat.
CO2 is a greenhouse gas. The more CO2 in the atmosphere, the more greenhouse effect we will get. The greenhouse effect is when our atmosphere reflects heat trying to leave Earth back to it. We need some of this heat back, but if we get too much of the greenhouse effect, global temperatures will keep rising higher and higher.
Burning fossil fuels (coal, oil and natural gas) in factories releases carbon dioxide, a gas that is part of the greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. These increased levels of greenhouse gases are causing global warming and climate change.
Renewable energy releases the least amount of greenhouse gas per kilowatt. After renewables come nuclear which is greenest. It has other issues though.
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Ozone acts as a greenhouse gas too. It traps the heat emitted from the sun and does not allow it to exit.
Water vapour is a greenhouse gas that traps heat rising from the surface of the earth. In doing so it contributes to the natural greenhouse effect.