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The greenhouse effect. Greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide and methane trap infrared heat rising from the surface of the earth. This heat warms the atmosphere and also the earth again.

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When the atmosphere keeps the planet warm its called?

It is called the greenhouse effect.


Does solar radiation keep the earth's lower atmosphere warm?

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