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Contents
What Is the Greenhouse Effect?.................................................................................................1
How does the greenhouse effect work?......................................................................................1
How are humans impacting the greenhouse effect?...............................................3
What reduces the greenhouse effect on Earth?........................................................3
Energy in, energy out...........................................................................................................3
The greenhouse effect.........................................................................................................4
Greenhouse gases and global warming......................................................................4
Can the greenhouse effect be reversed?....................................................................4
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What Is the Greenhouse Effect?

The greenhouse effect is a process that occurs when gases in Earth's atmosphere
trap the Sun's heat. This process makes Earth much warmer than it would be without
an atmosphere. The greenhouse effect is one of the things that makes Earth a
comfortable place to live UT.

Additional resources
1. NASA studies an unusual Arctic warming event
2. Video: New study finds sea level rise accelerating
3. EPA: Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990–2012
And,
1. EPA: National Greenhouse Gas Emissions Data
2. The President's Climate Action Plan, 2013

How does the greenhouse effect work?

As you might expect from the name, the greenhouse effect works … like a
greenhouse! A greenhouse is a building with glass walls and a glass roof.
Greenhouses are used to grow plants, such as tomatoes and tropical flowers.

A greenhouse stays warm inside, even during the winter. In the daytime, sunlight
shines into the greenhouse and warms the plants and air inside. At nighttime, it's
colder outside, but the greenhouse stays pretty warm inside. That's because the
glass walls of the greenhouse trap the Sun's heat.

That's what keeps our Earth a warm and cozy 58 degrees Fahrenheit (14 degrees
Celsius), on average UT.

Below is a table that displays the countries with greatest hydropower energy
production

The countries with greatest hydropower energy production

Hydropower Producing Country Energy Production (in megawatts)

United States 350000
China 290000
Brazil 200000
Canada 195000
United Kingdom 180000
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United States 350000
China 290000
Brazil 200000
Canada 195000
United Kingdom 180000
United States 350000
China 290000
Brazil 200000
Canada 195000
United Kingdom 180000
United States 350000
China 290000
Brazil 200000
Canada 195000
United Kingdom 180000
United States 350000
China 290000
Brazil 200000
Canada 195000
United Kingdom 180000
United States 350000
China 290000
Brazil 200000
Canada 195000
United Kingdom 180000
United States 350000
China 290000
Brazil 200000
Canada 195000
United Kingdom 180000
United States 350000
China 290000
Brazil 200000
Canada 195000
United Kingdom 180000
United States 350000
China 290000
Brazil 200000
Canada 195000
United Kingdom 180000
United States 350000
China 290000
Brazil 200000
Canada 195000
United Kingdom 180000
United States 350000
China 290000
Brazil 200000
Canada 195000
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United Kingdom 180000
United States 350000
China 290000

How are humans impacting the greenhouse effect?

Human activities are changing Earth's natural greenhouse effect. Burning fossil fuels
like coal and oil puts more carbon dioxide into our atmosphere.

NASA has observed increases in the amount of carbon dioxide and some other
greenhouse gases in our atmosphere. Too much of these greenhouse gases can
cause Earth's atmosphere to trap more and more heat UT. This causes Earth to
warm up.

What reduces the greenhouse effect on Earth?

Just like a glass greenhouse, Earth's greenhouse is also full of plants! Plants can
help to balance the greenhouse effect on Earth. All plants — from giant trees to tiny
phytoplankton in the ocean — take in carbon dioxide and give off oxygen.

The ocean also absorbs a lot of excess carbon dioxide in the air. Unfortunately, the
increased carbon dioxide in the ocean changes the water, making it more acidic. This
is called ocean acidification.

More acidic water can be harmful to many ocean creatures, such as certain
shellfish and coral. Warming oceans — from too many greenhouse gases in the
atmosphere — can also be harmful to these organisms. Warmer waters are a main
cause of coral bleaching.

Energy in, energy out

There's a delicate balancing act occurring every day all across the Earth, involving
the radiation the planet receives from space and the radiation that's reflected back
out to space.

The greenhouse effect

The exchange of incoming and outgoing radiation that warms the Earth is often
referred to as the greenhouse effect because a greenhouse works in much the same
way.

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Greenhouse gases and global warming

"Gas molecules that absorb thermal infrared radiation, and are in significant enough
quantity, can force the climate system. These type of gas
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molecules are called greenhouse gases," Michael Daley, an associate professor of
Environmental Science at Lasell College told Live Science. Carbon dioxide (CO 2) and
other greenhouse gases act like a blanket, absorbing IR radiation and preventing it
from escaping into outer space. The net effect is the gradual heating of Earth's
atmosphere and surface, a process known as global warming. 

Chemical list

Chemical Percentage in salt

Chloride 55.03
Sodium 30.59
Sulfate 7.68
Magnesium 3.68
Calcium 1.18
Potasium 1.11
Bicarbonate .41
Bromide .19
Borate .08
Strontium .04
Everything else .01

Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving Percent
Calories 348
Total Fat 14g 0%
Starch 1,2g 0%
Other Carbohydrate 2g 0%
Very Lean Meat 0g 0%
Saturated Fat 4g 0%
Stretch 2.5g 3%
Food 2g 0%
Dollars 1 1%
Sodium 979mg 0%
Total Carbohydrate 28g 0%
Dietary Fiber 3g 0%
Protein 28g 28%

% Daily Value*
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Can the greenhouse effect be reversed?

Many scientists agree that the damage to the Earth's atmosphere and climate is past
the point of no return or that the damage is near the point of no return. "I agree that
we have passed the point of avoiding climate change," Josef Werne, an associate
professor at the department of geology & planetary science at the University of
Pittsburgh told Live Science. In Werne's opinion, there are three options from this
point forward: 

1. Do nothing and live with the consequences.

2. Adapt to the changing climate (which includes things like rising sea level and
related flooding).
3. Mitigate the impact of climate change by aggressively enacting policies that
actually reduce the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere.
Below is a table that displays the countries with greatest hydropower energy
production:
Game time

Hydropower Producing Energy Production (in

Game time
Country megawatts)
15:00:01
United States 350000
11:00:12
China 290000
01:14:00
Brazil 200000
16:04:12
Canada 195000
05:15:14
United Kingdom 180000

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