Global Warming (The greenhouse effect)
Global Warming is the build-up of heat in the lower part of the earth's atmosphere, which is caused by an increase in greenhouse gases due to human activity.
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3) Some heat is absorbed by carbon dioxide in the earths atmosphere and radiated back towards earth - unable to escape into space.
This effect is widely known as Global Warming
1) Solar energy enters the atmosphere. Some is reflected back into space, while some is absorbed.
2) Absorbed heat is radiated back into the atmosphere from the earth. Some escapes into space.
Predicted:
CO2 levels
Temperature rises
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