What is Greenhouse Gases?

Greenhouse gases (also known as GHGs) are gases in the earth's atmosphere that
trap heat.
Earth’s greenhouse gases trap heat in the atmosphere and warm the planet.During the
day, the sun shines through the atmosphere, warming the earth's surface. At night,
earth's surface cools, releasing heat back into the air. But some of the heat is trapped
by the greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
The main gases responsible for the greenhouse effect include carbon dioxide,
methane, nitrous oxide, and water vapor (which all occur naturally), and fluorinated
gases (which are synthetic). Greenhouse gases have different chemical properties and
are removed from the atmosphere, over time, by different processes.(Denchak, 2019).

How Greenhouse gases happens?

Sunlight makes the earth habitable. While 30 percent of the solar energy that reaches
our world is reflected back to space, approximately 70 percent passes through the
atmosphere to the earth’s surface, where it is absorbed by the land, oceans, and
atmosphere, and heats the planet. This heat is then radiated back up in the form of
invisible infrared light. While some of this infrared light continues on into space, the
vast majority—indeed, some 90 percent—gets absorbed by atmospheric gases, known
as greenhouse gases, and redirected back toward the earth, causing further warming.
(Denchak, 2019).

Five Major Greenhouse Gases

 Carbon Dioxide
 Methane
 Nitrous Oxide
 Flourinated Gases
 Water Vapor

Earth’s greenhouse gases trap heat in the atmosphere and warm the planet. The main
gases responsible for the greenhouse effect include carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous
oxide, and water vapor (which all occur naturally), and fluorinated gases (which are
synthetic). Greenhouse gases have different chemical properties and are removed
from the atmosphere, over time, by different processes.(Denchak, 2019).

Where Do Greenhouse Gases Come From?

 Electricity and Heat Production
 Agriculture and Land Use Changes
 Industry
 Transportation
 Buildings

The consequences of the Greenhouse gases/effect

Fueled by man-made greenhouse gas emissions, global warming is altering the earth’s
climate systems in many ways. It is:
Causing more frequent and/or intense extreme weather events, including heat
waves, hurricanes, droughts, and floods.
Exacerbating precipitation extremes, making wet regions wetter and dry regions drier.
Raising sea levels due to melting glaciers and sea ice and an increase in ocean
temperatures (warmer water expands, which can contribute to sea level rise).
Altering ecosystems and natural habitat, shifting the geographic ranges, seasonal
activities, migration patterns, and abundance of land, freshwater, and marine species.
These changes pose threats not only to plants and wildlife, but directly to people.
(Denchak,2019)

Reference:
https://www.nrdc.org/stories/greenhouse-effect-101#gases