greenhouse effect

atmospheric heat retention

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The greenhouse effect is how certain gases in Earth's atmosphere trap heat from the sun, similar to how a greenhouse keeps warmth inside. This matters because changes in these gases can affect global temperatures and climate patterns that impact life on Earth.

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Is the additional greenhouse effect already evident in the current climate?ReviewFresenius' journal of analytical chemistry · 2001Raschke EDOI: 10.1007/s002160100935
Reassessing the greenhouse effect of biogenic carbon emissions in constructed wetlands.Journal of environmental management · 2024Hu L, Li Z, Kong L et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.120263
CO2 and the greenhouse effect: present assessment and perspectives.ReviewCiba Foundation symposium · 1993Oeschger HDOI: 10.1002/9780470514436.ch2
Election fireworks.Nature · 2008DOI: 10.1038/451001a
Overlooked drivers of the greenhouse effect: The nutrient-methane nexus mediated by submerged macrophytes.Water research · 2024Mu J, Li Z, Lu Q et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2024.122316
Editorial: Greenhouse Gases and Animal Agriculture Conference, Dublin, 2013.Animal : an international journal of animal bioscience · 2013Dewhurst RJDOI: 10.1017/S1751731113000827
Capturing greenhouse gases.ReviewScientific American · 2000Herzog H, Eliasson B, Kaarstad ODOI: 10.1038/scientificamerican0200-72
Greenhouse goo.Scientific American · 2013Biello DDOI: 10.1038/scientificamerican0713-56

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Energy flows down from the sun and up from the Earth and its atmosphere. When greenhouse gases absorb radiation emitted by Earth's surface, they prevent that radiation from escaping into space, causing surface temperatures to rise by about 33 °C (59 °F).

The greenhouse effect occurs when heat-trapping gases in a planet's atmosphere prevent the planet from losing heat to space, raising its surface temperature. Surface heating can happen from an internal heat source (as in the case of Jupiter) or come from an external source, such as a host star. In the case of Earth, the Sun emits shortwave radiation (sunlight) that passes through greenhouse gases to heat the Earth's surface. In response, the Earth's surface emits longwave radiation that is mostly absorbed by greenhouse gases, reducing the rate at which the Earth can cool off.