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ľ Description of Greenhouse Effect

Before we can understand global warming, we have to understand what the greenhouse effect is, and how they differ. The greenhouse effect is the name applied to the natural process which causes the surface of the Earth to be warmer than it would have been in the absence of an atmosphere. The greenhouse effect is like a thermal blanket which traps heat emitted from the Earth¡¦s surface, thereby warming and insulating the Earth. Without the natural greenhouse effect, the earth¡¦s climate would be about 60 degrees cooler, and many living things including humans, would not be able to survive. Global warming is the name given to an expected increase in the magnitude of the greenhouse effect, where the surface of the Earth will almost inevitably become hotter than it is now. The greenhouse effect, unlike global warming, is not a danger to our planets wellbeing.
Scientists believe that because of this increase in Greenhouse gases which contains......

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