Water vapor is a more potent greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide (CO2) in the Earth's atmosphere. While CO2 is more abundant, water vapor has a stronger warming effect due to its ability to trap heat.
The greenhouse effect is more pronounced for the earth's surface. Heat rising from the surface is trapped by greenhouse gases. These warm gases heat the air around them as well, also, as the earth' surface again.
The transfer of heat by the movement of air currents in Earth's atmosphere is an example of convection. As warmer air rises and cooler air sinks, heat is transferred through the circulation of air in the atmosphere.
Ultraviolet, visible light, and some radio waves are able to penetrate the Earth's atmosphere. However, X-rays and gamma rays are largely absorbed and blocked by the atmosphere.
1) latitude - affects the degree st which the suns rays strike the earth 2) altitude - the higher the colder: environmental lapse rate: every 150m a 1 degree (celcius) drop occurs 3) distance from large bodies of water land temperatures are modified due to the ocean (cooler in summer and warmer in winter) also the air masses that blow over the bodies of water absorb moisture from it and blow it over land 4) ocean currents affect the temperature of the air masses that blow over it. the temperature of the current depends on where the current originates. (i.e if it forms in the tropics the current will be warm etc.) 5)Mountain barriers (when moist warm wind blows up the windward side of a mountain it is forced to cool, and cool air cannot hold in the moisture. this causes precipitation which leads to a rain shadow on the leeward side of the mountain. 6) air masses volumes of air blowing due to unequal heating from the sun. where an air mass is formed affects the temperature of the air mass, and wherever the air mass blows is affected by the temperature of the air mass 7) prevailing wind systems - wind absorbs the heat and moisture from oceans and blows onto land.
The two main forces acting on a falling object in Earth's atmosphere are gravity, which pulls the object downward, and air resistance (also known as drag), which opposes the object's motion and slows it down as it falls.
CO2; Carbon Dioxide
Carbon dioxide used to make up most of Earth's early atmosphere.
Carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas. More of it in the earth's atmosphere means that more heat will be retained. This will, indeed is, causing global warming.
Burning fossil fuels adds carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, to the atmosphere. This can raise global temperatures.
Greenhouse gases
They slow the loss of heat
Carbon dioxide (CO2) from the burning of fossil fuels (coal, oil and natural gas) in industry, transport and the generation of electricity, adds to the greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. This extra CO2 makes an enhanced (or accelerated) greenhouse effect which is causing global warming .
The sun.
The sun.
The Earth's atmosphere has changed over time due to various factors such as volcanic activity, changes in greenhouse gas concentrations, and natural variations in solar radiation. Human activities, such as the burning of fossil fuels and deforestation, have also significantly impacted the composition of the atmosphere, leading to an increase in greenhouse gas emissions and global warming.
This is known as the greenhouse effect. Carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere absorb and trap heat from the sun, leading to a warming of the Earth's surface. This phenomenon is essential for maintaining Earth's temperature but human activities, such as burning fossil fuels, have increased the concentration of these gases and intensified the greenhouse effect, causing global warming.
greenhouse effect