Greenhouse Gases

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The first part of the paper explains the natural workings of the greenhouse effect. In the next part, the paper details how human activity has upset the balance of greenhouse gases, thereby, giving rise to the phenomenon of global warming. The third part of the paper then looks at the environmental dangers that have been associated with the global rise in temperature. In the final section, the paper examines how people have tried to address the problem of global warming, both through technology and through legislation.

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"Perhaps the most common misunderstanding about the greenhouse effect is the general view that this phenomenon is artificial or human-made. However, the greenhouse effect has kept the Earth warm and habitable for over four billion years. Without the thermal blanket of the greenhouse effect, the Earth's temperature would plunge to an estimated 59 degrees Fahrenheit, making it uninhabitable for most of the living organisms on earth today (EPA).
As a natural phenomenon, the greenhouse effect is set in motion when energy from the sun heats up the layer of greenhouse gases in the Earth's atmosphere. Sunlight is composed of a range of radiant energy, including several forms of radiation. When sunlight reaches the Earth's atmosphere, the atmosphere then reacts with the sun's radiation in three different ways."

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