The greenhouse effectn is commonly known as the effect of atmospheric heat. Air can make the short wave radiation to the ground, but a large number of long wave thermal surface heated to release the radiation is absorbed by the atmosphere, thus the surface and lower atmospheric temperature effect is similar to the cultivation of crops in greenhouse, greenhouse effect.
Since the industrial revolution, human beings into the atmosphere of carbon dioxide and other heat trapping greenhouse gases has increased year by year, the atmospheric greenhouse effect also increases, which caused a series of problems have attracted the attention of the world.
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