Physics · Thermodynamics
The greenhouse effect in the Earth's atmosphere primarily occurs because:
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- 1the expanding ozone hole lets in an increasing amount of cosmic radiation.
- 2the atmosphere does not contain enough oxygen to absorb ultraviolet radiation from the Sun.
- 3the atmosphere is transparent to incoming solar radiation but opaque to outgoing longwave infrared radiation.✓
- 4the polar ice caps are melting and changing the albedo.
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the atmosphere is transparent to incoming solar radiation but opaque to outgoing longwave infrared radiation.
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