Greenhouse Effect and Global Warming

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Greenhouse Effects

The discovery of the greenhouse effect was done by Joseph Fourier in 1824 . However , the initial reliable scientific experimentation of the phenomenon was by John Tyndall in 1858 . The qualitative reporting of greenhouse effect was done in 1896 by (Businger and Fleagle ,

. 56 . The greenhouse effect is the phenomenon where light from the sun is allowed to pass through a transparent medium to a planetary surface , but on getting radiated , the energy is absorbed by the greenhouse gases , like

carbon dioxide , Ozone , methane and water vapor , in the atmosphere (See graph 1 . The trapped energy is transferred to other elements in the atmosphere and re-radiated in every direction , including back to the planetary surface . This is what causes the temperature to be higher that would be the case if the energy was reaching the surface direct from the sun . Despite the fact that the greenhouse gases constitute only around 1 of the atmosphere , they are able to regulate the temperature by creating a sort of warm blanket that surrounds the earth . Without the greenhouse gases , the earth 's temperature would be colder by about 300C (540F . This means that without the greenhouse effect the earth would not be in a temperature conducive to human beings and other organisms However , where the greenhouse effect becomes stronger , it has devastating effects to life . Even a little over warming is harmful to human beings , animals and plants (Henderson-Sellers and McGuffie

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