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What causes the earth to have too many greenhouse gases in the atmosphere?
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∙ 12y ago
Current thinking is people and industry burning/combusting too much fosssil fuels.
However, The oceans hold a lot of CO2 in solution. It known that it water heats up it will release any dissolved gases; think of a kettle boiling. So more could be coming from ocean warming. Ocean warming could be caused by the Sun hesting the water, or the Earth's internal 'radiator'(Mantle/core) releasing more heat , thereby warming the ocean.
lenpollock
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∙ 12y agopeople burning fossle fules.
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What process causes gases in the atmosphere to trap heat the surface of earth?
greenhouse effect
How do greenhouse gases affect the earths atmosphere?
They slow the loss of heat
What does the greenhouse do to the gases from the atmosphere?
The greenhouse effect warms the gases in the atmosphere.
What if you did not have greenhouse gas?
If there were no greenhouse gases the earth could not support life. Greenhouse gases are naturally occurring and allow heat to be retained within the atmosphere.
How do greenhouse gases affect earth?
They stop heat from escaping the atmosphere.
What process causes gases in the atmosphere to trap heat the surface of earth?
greenhouse effect
What causes the earth to have to many greenhouse gases in the atmosphere?
people burning fossle fules.
How do greenhouse gases affect the earths atmosphere?
They slow the loss of heat
Does earth radiating mostly infrared light cause the greenhouse effect?
Yes. The infrared radiation from the surface of the earth is captured by the greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. This causes the greenhouse effect.
What causes earth surface to get warm?
Sunlight. The warmth rises into the atmosphere where some is trapped by greenhouse gases. These warm gases then warm the earth's surface again.
What do greenhouse gases in the atmosphere absorb and retain?
Greenhouse gases in the atmosphere absorb and retain infrared radiation (heat) from the surface of the earth.
What greenhouse gases do in the atmosphere?
Greenhouse gases keep the earth warm.Too much greenhouse gas is causing global warming.
What in the earth's atmosphere absorbs heat?
Greenhouse gases.
Where on earth besides in a greenhouse does the greenhouse effect occur?
In the atmosphere. The greenhouse effect refers to the situation in the atmosphere where gases hold on to the heat rising from the earth.
How much surface area of the earth is covered by greenhouse gases?
Greenhouse gases, particularly carbon dioxide, are part of the Earth's atmosphere; as such, they cover all of the Earth's surface. The whole world is covered by atmosphere.
What does the greenhouse do to the gases from the atmosphere?
The greenhouse effect warms the gases in the atmosphere.
What air traps heat and causes the greenhouse effect?
Greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide, methane, CFC's, and water vapor trap trap the heat in the Earth's atmosphere.
