The Greenhouse Effect

the greenhouse effect is presented often is the leading cause

of global warming, but many don't know what that means.

We called the greenhouse effect because the events which occurred

turned the earth into more or less a very large

greenhouse. Greenhouses trap heat by allowing and photons of light

from the sun.

As the rays are absorbed into the ground, the infrared

rays are reflected back onto the glass panels.

These panels allow visible light to pass through, but not

infrared waves due to their difference in wavelength.

We don't have a glass roof over Earth, but the

greenhouse gasses in our Atmosphere Act is one of these

gasses absorb infrared radiation, and they do so because their

natural vibrations match the frequency of infrared waves.

Thes gasses include water vapor, carbon dioxide and methane, many

of which result in large quantities from human activity.

Despite its correlation with global warming, we do need the

greenhouse effect.

Without it, the earth would only be about negative 18

degrees Celsius on average, while some greenhouse gasses in the

atmosphere good toe have too many creates a chain reaction

that only gets worse As the earth heats up ocean

lip temperatures rise.

Melting ice creates rising sea levels in massive natural disasters

as ice and snow melt light that would have once

been reflected into the atmosphere is now absorbed into earth,

causing further warming.

Some of the ice melting also releases even more greenhouse

gasses, mainly methane, which causes even more of an effect.

Unfortunately, the way we live life today is dependent on

the largest contributors to greenhouse gas emissions.

The burning of fossil fuels, including coal and oil, released

massive amounts of carbon dioxide.

Individually, we can't do a lot about that, but we

can do things like invest in renewable energy, use more

biodegradable products, cutback fossil fuels that we use for cycle

and use eco friendly products.

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