The Greenhouse Effect

The Greenhouse Effect

A community portal about The Greenhouse Effect with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: The greenhouse effect, first discovered by Joseph Fourier in 1824, and first investigated quantitatively by Svante Arrhenius in... [more]

A community portal about The Greenhouse Effect with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: The greenhouse effect, first discovered by Joseph Fourier in 1824, and first investigated quantitatively by Svante Arrhenius in 1896, is the process in which the absorption of infrared radiation by an atmosphere warms a planet. Without these greenhouse gases, the Earth's surface would be up to 30 °C cooler. The name comes from an incorrect analogy with the way in which greenhouses are heated by the sun in order to facilitate plant growth. In addition to the Earth, Mars, Venus and other celestial bodies with atmospheres have greenhouse effects.

Climate change emissions from meat production are far higher than currently estimated, according to a controversial new study that will fuel the debate on whether people should eat fewer animal products to help the environment. Related StoriesPM hails EU climate fund 'breakthrough'Meat creates half of all greenhouse gasesStudy claims that meat creates half of all greenhouse gases  
From independent.co.uk ()
Comments
Be the first to leave a comment!
Add a Comment:
Already a member? Log In
Sponsors
Top Geek Articles
Celebrities on the Phone
Cell phones are to celebrities like bats are to baseball: no one runs too far without them.
Hot Geeks -- The Sexiest Geeky Girls
These girls are gorgeous AND they'll play Warcraft with you. Doesn't get much better than that.
Hottest Girl Superhero List
A list of female video-game characters you should check out.
More From Zimbio
Copyright © 2009 - Zimbio, Inc. Some rights reserved.