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UNIT 2 - Global Climate - Vulnerability & Resilience
Geography HL
Geography HL

UNIT 2 - Global Climate - Vulnerability & Resilience

Understanding The Greenhouse Effect Earth's Lifeline

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Welcome to Greenhouse Effect 101! It’s not just about hot houses for your favorite plants; it's a fundamental feature of our planet and crucial for life as we know it.

What is the greenhouse effect?

Picture this: The Sun's throwing a huge pool party and you're invited. Its guests? Short-wave radiation! They zip through our atmosphere and some get absorbed by the Earth. But what goes in must come out, right? Earth emits this energy back as long-wave radiation.

 

Here's where the Greenhouse Effect steps in: certain gases (known as greenhouse gases) act like bouncers, trapping this long-wave radiation. This leads to a rise in the atmosphere's temperature - a literal global warm-up!

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UNIT 2 - Global Climate - Vulnerability & Resilience
Geography HL
Geography HL

UNIT 2 - Global Climate - Vulnerability & Resilience

Understanding The Greenhouse Effect Earth's Lifeline

Word Count Emoji
691 words
Reading Time Emoji
4 mins read
Updated at Emoji
Last edited on 5th Nov 2024

Table of content

Welcome to Greenhouse Effect 101! It’s not just about hot houses for your favorite plants; it's a fundamental feature of our planet and crucial for life as we know it.

What is the greenhouse effect?

Picture this: The Sun's throwing a huge pool party and you're invited. Its guests? Short-wave radiation! They zip through our atmosphere and some get absorbed by the Earth. But what goes in must come out, right? Earth emits this energy back as long-wave radiation.

 

Here's where the Greenhouse Effect steps in: certain gases (known as greenhouse gases) act like bouncers, trapping this long-wave radiation. This leads to a rise in the atmosphere's temperature - a literal global warm-up!

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