Climate Change

Greenhouse Gases

Many chemical compounds gift in Earth's atmosphere behave as 'greenhouse gases'. These square measure gases which permit direct daylight (relative shortwave energy) to succeed in the Earth's surface unobstructed. Because the shortwave energy (that within the visible and ultraviolet portion of the spectra) heats the surface , longer-wave (infrared) energy (heat) is reradiated to the atmosphere. Greenhouse gases absorb this energy, thereby permitting less heat to flee back to house, and 'trapping' it within the lower atmosphere. Several greenhouse gases occur naturally within the atmosphere, like dioxide, methane, vapor, and laughing gas, whereas others square measure artificial. Those who square measure synthetic embody the chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs),  hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) and Perfluorocarbons (PFCs), likewise as fluoride (SF6). Region concentrations of each the natural and synthetic gases are rising over the previous few centuries because of the commercial revolution. Because the world population has hyperbolic and our reliance on fossil fuels (such as coal, oil and natural gas) has been firmly coagulated, thus emissions of those gases have up. Whereas gases like dioxide occur naturally within the atmosphere, through our interference with the carbon cycle (through burning forest lands, or mining and burning coal), we tend to unnaturally move carbon from solid storage to its gassy state, thereby increasing region concentrations.

• Greenhouse Gases

• Carbon Farming