Greenhouse Effect

Greenhouse Effect

What is the greenhouse effect, and how does it work?

The greenhouse effect is a natural phenomenon that has developed our planet to allow life to exist, so named because the earth works exactly like a real greenhouse. The main reason behind the increase in the greenhouse effect is the arrival of energy from the sun which comes because of the intense body temperature including the high frequency waves going through the air. As a result, the energy from the sun comes in the form of lower frequency waves and they become an absorbent form of the greenhouse gases. The main reason behind the high temperature is the retention of the energy.

What are the main greenhouse gases?

The main gases that make up the greenhouse effect are:

Carbon dioxide (CO 2): The carbon dioxide is one of the most abundant gases in the atmosphere. It is one of the by-products of fossil fuel burning and biomass. It is the principal anthropogenic greenhouse gas that affects the Earth's radioactive balance. Against this gas are measured all other greenhouse gases, and therefore its global warming potential is measured in 1.

Methane (CH 4): Defined as a hydrocarbon and a greenhouse gas with a global warming potential estimated at 23 times higher than the carbon dioxide (CO 2). The methane is produced by anaerobic decomposition (without oxygen) garbage, manure, also causes digestion of livestock, production and distribution of gas and oil, coal production and combustion of fossil fuels without finish (Thomas, 1999).

Fluorinated gases: hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), perfluorocarbons (PFCs) and sulfur hexafluorouro (SF 6) generally are called fluorinated gases. They are powerful greenhouse gases that synthetic although usually traded in small quantities are so powerful that they are known for high global warming potential (high GWP).

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