Carbon Dioxide & The Greenhouse Effect

 
The Greenhouse Effect can be defined as a natural process when certain gases in the atmosphere trap infrared radiation of the environment.
Like a greenhouse keeps its inside temperature warmer,the greenhouse effect makes the planet warmer.
The greenhouse effect is caused by greenhouse gases. The most important greenhouse gases are: water vapour, carbon dioxide, and methane.

 

The temperature of earth has been relatively constant over time. This is possible because as the planet absorbs solar radiation, it also emits longwave radiation into space. Despite this radiative equilibrium, some longwave radiation remains trapped beneath the atmosphere of the earth and warms the surface of the earth. This phenomenon is called the “greenhouse effect.”