Question

Explain the following term/process in detail:
Greenhouse Effect

Answer 1

Greenhouse Effect: Greenhouse is built-in cold areas to grow the plants within it in warm temperatures. But, due to Global Warming, the whole earth is becoming a Greenhouse due to an increase in temperature, which indirectly disturbs the normal life on earth by challenging nature and nature will originate many unwanted problems of change in climate, radiation imbalance, diseases, etc.
The rate of absorption of solar radiation by earth and its emission back into space as infra-red waves balance the heat on earth. This phenomenon plays a very important role in maintaining the surface temperature of the earth. The carbon dioxide and other gases form a blanket around the globe which prevents the passage of infra-red waves from the earth back into space. Concentration of solar radiation produces much heat, making the earth a very warm place. This phenomenon is similar to that of the greenhouse in which the glass-enclosed area gets heated up due to its insulation from the rest of the environment. Hence, warming of the atmosphere is due to the greenhouse effect. Hence, Global Warming is also known as the Greenhouse Effect.