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There have always been greenhouse gases keeping the planet comfortable for life. They are part of the water cycle and the carbon cycle. Greenhouse gases hold back some of the sun's heat to keep the planet from freezing.

The greenhouse effect that scientists are worried about now is the enhanced, or accelerated greenhouse effect, which has been warming the planet steadily for the last 200 years, since man started burning fossil fuels (coal, oil and natural gas). Burning these releases extra carbon dioxide that has been stored away for millions of years in the coal and oil. This extra carbon dioxide is causing the present greenhouse effect.

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