by Tim Steury
Left alone, the greenhouse effect is one of those rather miraculous factors that make life on Earth not just pleasant, but possible. Earth’s atmosphere lets in rays of sunlight and traps some. The Earth absorbs the radiant energy from the sun and then releases some of it back into the atmosphere. Much of this energy is in turn absorbed by the greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. As the outgoing energy is absorbed, the atmosphere is warmed.
Click here for complete story.
|