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How is excessive content of responsible for global warming? |
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Answer» on dioxide absorbs infrared radiation. ii) The sun continuously pushes enormous amounts of ENERGY on earth and other planets in the FORM of light. iii) The energy absorbed by the earth is released in the form of heat. WITHOUT absorbing the heat, the earth throws away all the heat in to the space. So most of the heat absorption occurs in the form of IR radiation iv) We know that absorbs infrared radiation in the earth and releases excess of heat to the space. This MEANS earth is emitting slightly less energy than it RECEIVES from the sun. However, the earth heats up. |
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