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Greenhouse effect

February 7, 2019

Do you know how it is produced? Numerous gases that are part of the atmosphere absorb the Earth's infra-red radiation, producing an increase in the temperature of the surface of our planet and the atmospheric layer that surrounds it. Layer of greenhouse gases - Carbon dioxide - Water vapour - Nitrous oxide - Methane - Sulphur hexafluoride - Chloro-fluorocarbons - Hydro-chlorofluorocarbons - Hydro-fluorocarbons.

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Greenhouse effect