What is the greenhouse effect?
Earth tends to warm up and one of the causes is pollution by greenhouse gases. The greenhouse effect is the phenomenon in which certain gases present in the atmosphere retain some of the energy emitted by the soil after being heated by Sun. The greenhouse effect is being accentuated by the emission of certain pollutants due to human activity such as CO2, methane or nitrous oxides.
CO2 contributes 55% to the greenhouse effect, nitrogen contributes 5%, methane 20% and chlorofluorocarbons 20%. The mixture of these four gases is what contributes to the global greenhouse effect.
The greenhouse effect is a natural atmospheric phenomenon that makes it possible to maintain a pleasant temperature on Earth of around 15ºC by retaining part of the energy that comes from Sun. Without gases such as carbon dioxide and water vapour the temperature would be much lower which would make life as we know it today unviable.
This effect, which can be dangerous beyond certain limits, is what allows us to live on Earth. If we didn't have the greenhouse effect produced by this layer on Earth, made up of the above-mentioned materials, we would have an average temperature in the Earth of -33ºC. The problem occurs when we pollute the atmosphere and thus receive too much radiation, resulting in global overheating.
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There is actually another planet in the solar system that is affected by a runaway greenhouse effect. I'm talking about Venus where the greenhouse effect there is too large that temperature on the sourface is around 854 degrees Fahrenheit and has a 96% CO2 in it's atmosphere, and all the water there is boiled. Scientist theorize that Venus was a planet much like earth and for some reason entered this greenhouse effect.
Thanks for posting and making people aware of these things so we can prevent catastrophes.
Very interesting info about Venus, who knows what might happen.... thanks for commenting on the post ;)
The polar ice caps are melting, average body temperature is rising and people like Trump are pulling out of the Paris climate accords, stating that climate change is a myth.
In the UK, we are slowly changing from coal power station to entirely being powered on wind energy, the government also reduces tax on electric vehicles which just further improves the appeasement of electric cars.
I'm glad that in some countries they take measures to improve the environment, here in Spain it's all vaudeville.... but without a bit of fun :(
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Thanks for sharing this info!