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greenhouse effect
- Incoming short wave radiation passes through the Earth’s atmosphere
- Converted to longer wave radiation
- Atmosphere absorbs longer wave radiation
List the gases which increase the greenhouse effect and their sources
- Carbon dioxide: Burning fossil fuels
- CFCs: Aerosols
- Nitrogen oxides: Fossil fuel burning
- Methane: Paddy fields/biomass burning