3D GRIDBUILDING - SCIENCE - BIOLOGY

GREENHOUSE GASES

Greenhouse gases are those gases in the atmosphere which absorb the infra-red radiation coming from the surface of the Earth due to the surface having been heated by sunlight.


These gases then re-emit the radiation, preventing it from returning out into space and causing a rise in temperature (the greenhouse effect)


Examples of greenhouse gases are carbon dioxide, water vapour, methane, ozone and nitrous oxide.


Anne Evans