Greenhouse Effect:

The greenhouse effect is the name applied to the process which causes the surface of the earth to be warmer than it would have been in the absence of an atmosphere because it receives energy from two sources: the sun and the atmosphere. Radiation is not trapped,and the atmosphere does not behave as a greenhouse and the greenhouse gasses do not behave as a blanket ~ the name "greenhouse effect" is somewhat of a misnomer..

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