How are greenhouse and global warming effects related to each other?
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In our current case; Yes they are at least somewhat related. They are not by definition, however, related. Global Warming can occur due to a wide range of factors as the Oil companies are so fond of pointing out. They are right to say that Global warming can occur without a change in the Greenhouse gases. It can occur due to fluctuations in the ocean currents, it can occur as a result of an increased solar output from the Sun, or a host of other causes.  In our case when all of the science is reviewed it overwhelmingly supports the model of Global warming being caused directly from mans effect on the levels of Greenhouse Gases. All other natural variations are minor compared to mans influence on Global Warming.\n\nThe science behind Greenhouse Gases; \n\nGreenhouse gases are rather transparent to visible light, but they absorb and scatter IR Light, which is the frequency range of Earths blackbody heat radiation. The Sun shines down through the atmosphere and heats the Earth. The Earth at the same time is always radiating IR blackbody radiation back into space creating a heat balance. Some of the IR light, however, is absorbed and scattered by the organic greenhouse gases. Therefore, some of the heat that would have escaped into space doesn't. This continuous action over a long period of time very gradually adds up until a different new and hotter heat balance is achieved. \n\nSource(s):\n\nHere are some additional websites; \n\nhttp://www.pewclimate.org/global-warming...\n\nhttp://www.ucsusa.org/global_warming/sci
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ok greenhouse effect is the trapping heat in the form of infrared raditions. let we take example of a car parked in the sun during day.\nwhen we open doors interior seems too hot. this is due to green house effect. what happens that glass allows heat or infrared rays to come in but does not allows it to escape. We all know that heat generation is due to infrared rays. So if there is too much heat anywhere there infrared rays have shorter wavelength and place having low heat have infrared rays with longerwavelength .\nSo rays with shorter wavelength enter in car but heat inside car is less compared to outer environment. Sorays with longer wavelength become unable to escape out as they have less penetrating power.
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The greenhouse effect, simply stated, is what keeps this planet habitable. W/o it, life as we know it, would not exist.\n\nGreenhouse gases such as water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, etc. all act to insulate the earth. These gases, however, make up a minute percentage of all the gases in the atmosphere. Less than one percent all together to be exact.\n\nThe planet Venus, has what we would call a "runaway greenhouse effect". Carbon Dioxide makes up most of Venus' atmosphere.\n\nGlobal warming, however, is an increase in average global temperature. How does the greenhouse effect relate to global warming???\n\nIt is not so much the greenhouse effect in itself but rather the increase of greenhouse gases that leads to global warming. Some scientists believe that humans have lead to an unnatural increase in these particular gases. On the flip side, there are other scientists who believe that this is a natural cycle, one of many that the earth has been though since forming.\n\nThere is a lot of controversy on this matter. However, I believe while we should err on the side of caution, I do not believe that giving up cars to ride bikes is the answer. Not yet anyway.
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Global warming is an increase in the average temperature of the Earth's atmosphere and oceans. The term is also used for the more specific scientific theory of anthropogenic global warming, which states that much of the recent observed (and projected) global warming is human-induced and the result of a strengthened greenhouse effect caused by man-made increases in carbon dioxide (through the burning of fossil fuels and deforestation) and other greenhouse gases. The natural greenhouse effect keeps the Earth 30 °C warmer than it otherwise would be; adding carbon dioxide to an atmosphere, with no other changes, will make a planet's surface warmer. Current research tries to uncover more details, e.g. about positive and negative feedback mechanisms, to allow a more precise quantification of the effect.
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Because it traps the heat from the sun and earth from escaping back into space, thereby making the planet warmer.  It's called the greenhouse affect.  That also causes more clouds and rain and blocking the suns heat making it cooler.....\n\nThere is still much debate as to how much is really caused by us, and how much is natural no matter what.  Our Earth has been everything from a molten planet to a glacier planet in it's 5 billion years, and we have only been recording temperature for about 150 years.  \n\nNobody can say anything for sure, too many variables, all we do know is it has been getting a little warmer the last few decades.  Anyone who says they know for sure why is not being honest with you or themselves.  It's a political issue now, and you know what that means, lies, lies lies.
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Global warming is an effect in the earth's lower atmosphere that is claimed to exist by many scientists today.  Essentially, the theory claims that carbon monoxide, fluorocarbons and other gases have damaged the ozone layer, the protective layer in the earth's upper atmosphere that protects the planet from the Sun's ultraviolet (UV) radiation.  Some man-made causes of these gases are automobile emissions and bovine flattulance.  The supposed increased levels of UV radition are striking the earth in greater incidence, especially in the equatorial oceans. Hence, according to the theory, the warming oceans are changing weather patterns and melting the polar ice caps.   More severe storms and raising of the ocean levels are possible.  Detractors of the theory contend, however, that evidence for diminishment of the ozone layer, warming of the oceans and melting of the polar ice caps is scant due to the lack of longitudinal (long-term) climatological data for the earth.  In sum, it is unclear whether the changing weather patterns that appear to be happening are caused by man-made activities or part of some cycle governed by normal processes.
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First you have to define what causes global warming.  then you need to decide what of these variable are dependant or independant.  You could then chose one of the independend variables and try to design an experiment that shows how varying that variable causes a change in warming.  an example might be saying that CO2 causes global warming by increasing the insulating value of the atmosphere, you could then set up an experiment where an environment(a large sealed environment(5 gallon glass jug)  is set up to permit differnet concentrations of CO2.  Add a radiating heat source like a heat lamp and heat the closed environment,  measure the inside of the environment and then turn off the light.  graph how long it takes for the environment to return to ambiant tempeture.  increase the CO2 concentration and try it again.   It might be too difficult, but it shows the scientific process.  and you should get some good graph points.
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Greenhouse effect is caused due to the what we call greenhouse gases(like carbon dioxide) which have a high heat retentive capacity. It refers to the continuous heating of an atmosphere by trapping in the incoming energy and letting only the mininmal amount of energy toradiate into space.So, it means that the heat from the sun is able to enter the earth's atmosphere but the amount radiated is much more lesser than what it should be. This always results in increase of the average temperature of the planet experiencing it.
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Carcinogens causing global warming?!?!?!  NO.  Don't go rambling about things you don't understand.  Carcinogens are cancer-causing agents--things that mutate DNA.  Global warming is the result of greenhouse gases, which are gases that absorb more energy from sunlight than N2 and O2 do.\n\nI think at this point, we can certainly imagine that the problem is almost undoubtedly exacerbated by the burning of fossil fuels.  It sure can't be helping.  There is some debate as to whether or not the effects are the largest part of the problem, or whether we're coming out of an Ice Age anyways, and hence the gradual warming was unavoidable.\n\nWorse than gas buring in my opinion is the deliberate destruction of rainforests, which not only produces a great deal of CO2, but which also destoys an ecosystem that works to remove CO2 from the air.
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There is a great PDF file that is listed below from the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) that may be useful to you.  It explains that little things may have a huge impact on global warming if they are widely accepted.  Recycling, fuel-smart cars, solar power, planting trees are all ways of improving the environment and reducing the impact of global warming.
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How about the effects of globalization on the developing world?\n\nThe effect of global warming on the Arctic
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Did you mean Global Warming?\nGlobal warming is an increase in the average temperature of the Earth's atmosphere and oceans. The term is also used for the scientific theory of anthropogenic global warming, which attributes much of the recently observed and projected global warming to a human-induced intensification of the greenhouse effect.\n\nFor more info go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Warming
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Global warming refers to the observed increases in the average temperature of the Earth's atmosphere and oceans in recent decades .. \n\nNeed to know more ? click the link below !!!
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Global warming refers to the increases in the average temperature of the Earth's atmosphere and oceans that has been observed in recent decades.
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the sun..... the sun is the only thing responsible for warming the earth. Dont get me wrong ...pollution and greenhouse gases also contribute. But they are not the only reason. We are in a short period of warm temperatures on earth. A small window in time. We just got out of an ice age about 12-15ooo years ago. We have had longer periods of global Ice Ages than we have of global warm periods in the last few million years.... Did u know that a violent volcano can spew enough greenhouse gas into the atmosphere to warm our atmospheric temperatures several degrees. Pollution does the same thing but on a smaller scale. This gas traps the earths heat from escaping back into space. Its like a blanket for our atmosphere. Then the earth gets warm, and creates more water vapor from the oceans. More water vapor means more clouds. More clouds mean less sunlight hitting the surface of earth, less sunlight means less heat, less heat means more ice.. and we go back into an ice age.... then the earth fixes herself, we start to get warmer.... and we go on and on.... Its been happening like that for millions of years. If it wasent for global warming we wouldnt be alive and the earth would be covered with seals, penguins, polar bears and wolly mammoths.
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Hey all I have is my G.E.D. but I found this to be interesting:\n\nThe Earth as an infrared emitter\n\nThe Earth's surface and the clouds absorb visible and invisible radiation from the sun and re-emit much of the energy as infrared back to the atmosphere. Certain substances in the atmosphere, chiefly cloud droplets and water vapor, but also carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, sulfur hexafluoride, and chlorofluorocarbons, absorb this infrared, and re-radiate it in all directions including back to Earth. Thus the greenhouse effect keeps the atmosphere and surface much warmer than if the infrared absorbers were absent from the atmosphere.
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Glass, which makes up the shell of a greenhouse, has an interesting property. The glass is transparent to shortwave radiation, which is the energy we get from the sun. Transparent--meaning the energy can pass through the glass and get inside the greenhouse. However, the glass is opaque to longwave energy, which is the heat energy all living thing (including the earth itself) emit. Opaque -- meaning energy can NOT pass through the glass and is therefore trapped inside. Since energy is incoming but not outgoing, the greenhouse warms up.