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    The document discusses global warming and the greenhouse effect. It explains that the sun's energy warms the Earth and is released back as infrared radiation. This natural greenhouse effect is necessary to maintain a habitable temperature on Earth. However, excess greenhouse gases from human activities are threatening to increase global warming by disrupting this balance. The main greenhouse gases responsible are water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide.

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    The document discusses global warming and the greenhouse effect. It explains that the sun's energy warms the Earth and is released back as infrared radiation. This natural greenhouse effect is necessary to maintain a habitable temperature on Earth. However, excess greenhouse gases from human activities are threatening to increase global warming by disrupting this balance. The main greenhouse gases responsible are water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide.

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    Global Warming: The Greenhouse Effect

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    The document discusses global warming and the greenhouse effect. It explains that the sun's energy warms the Earth and is released back as infrared radiation. This natural greenhouse effect is necessary to maintain a habitable temperature on Earth. However, excess greenhouse gases from human activities are threatening to increase global warming by disrupting this balance. The main greenhouse gases responsible are water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide.

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    GLOBAL WARMING

    THE GREENHOUSE EFFECT


    The energy that lights and warms Earth comes from
    the Sun. Most of the energy that floods on our planet is
    short-wave radiation, including visible light. When this
    energy strikes the surface of Earth, the energy
    changes from light to heat and warms Earth. Earths
    surface, in turn, releases some of this heat as longwave infrared radiation.

    GLOBAL WARMING
    NECESSITY OF GREENHOUSE EFFECT
    All life on Earth relies on this greenhouse effect
    without it, the planet would be colder and ice would
    cover Earth from pole to pole. However, a growing
    excess of greenhouse gases in Earths atmosphere
    threatens to trip the balance in the other direction
    toward continual warming.

    GLOBAL WARMING
    TYPES OF GREENHOUSE GASES
    Greenhouse gases occur naturally in the environment
    and also result from human activities. Greenhouse
    gases responsible for Global Warming are:
    1. Water vapor
    2. Carbon dioxide
    3. Methane
    4. Nitrous oxide

    AIR POLLUTION

    Air pollution has been defined by the WHO


    as the presence of materials in the air which
    are harmful to men and environment. Air
    pollutants may be classified as follows: 1.Aersols- Smog, Smoke, Ash, Fumes, Mists
    and Dust.
    2.Odours This is caused by the presence of
    minute particles of pollutants in the ambient
    air. They cause nuisance.
    3.Gases Sulpher dioxide, Nitrogen oxide,
    Ozone, Carbon monoxide, Hydrocarbon,
    acids and Fluorine.

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