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The natural greenhouse effect has kept the earth warm enough for life for millions of years.

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What would happen to the earth if you did not have these greenhouses gases in the atmosphere?

The earth would be too cold for life. Greenhouse gases have been essential for life on this planet, and have kept Earth warm for millions of years.


What country is the largest contributor of greenhouses gases?

China is the biggest annual producer of greenhouse gases, recently overtaking the US. The US remains historically the country that has put the most greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. China is catching up here.


What natural greenhouses gases are associated with the greenhouses effect?

A greenhouse gas is a gas in the atmosphere that takes in and releases radiation. The greenhouse effect is more of a process in which radiation is emitted in different directions after being absorbed by greenhouse gases.


What do greenhouses gases trap?

Greenhouse gases trap infrared heat (from the sun) rising from the surface of the earth. More greenhouse gases trap more heat, and this is the situation now. Increasing levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) in particular are trapping more heat and causing a global warming.


How does greenhouses keep earth warm?

Greenhouses keep the Earth warm through the greenhouse effect, where sunlight enters the atmosphere and warms the Earth's surface. This heat is then radiated back into space as infrared radiation. However, greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide and methane trap some of this heat, preventing it from escaping, thus warming the atmosphere. This natural process is essential for maintaining a climate that supports life, but an excess of these gases can lead to global warming.

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What name is given to gases which trap heat from the sun?

They are generally called Greenhouses gases, as greenhouses trap heat into the glass.


What type of gas do greenhouses have inside?

Greenhouses have regular air (nitrogen and oxygen gases) inside.


What molecule do greenhouses produce?

There are five main gases produced by greenhouses: water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and ozone.


Who causes greenhouse gases?

Yep it does fossil fuels cause greenhouses gas.


How does greenhouses gases affect Earth by?

trapping heat from sunlight reflected by Earth.


Can greenhouses gases be converted into something useful and what?

Methane can be used to create energy


What is the one possible cause of global warming?

Burning fossil fuel adds greenhouses gases to the atmosphere.


Why do you need greenhouses?

Greenhouse gases are needed to keep the planet warm. If it was not for greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, the earth would be like the moon, warm during the day and frozen at night.


What would happen to the earth if you did not have these greenhouses gases in the atmosphere?

The earth would be too cold for life. Greenhouse gases have been essential for life on this planet, and have kept Earth warm for millions of years.


What country is the largest contributor of greenhouses gases?

China is the biggest annual producer of greenhouse gases, recently overtaking the US. The US remains historically the country that has put the most greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. China is catching up here.


What natural greenhouses gases are associated with the greenhouses effect?

A greenhouse gas is a gas in the atmosphere that takes in and releases radiation. The greenhouse effect is more of a process in which radiation is emitted in different directions after being absorbed by greenhouse gases.


Many scientists believe the greenhouses gases?

Many scientists believe that the greenhouses gases have contributed to the climate change due to increased concentrations of the gases in the atmosphere courtesy of human activities such as deforestation, and through fossil fuels.