The atmospheric gases and a greenhouse work in quite different ways, but the resulting effect, higher temperature in both cases, has led to the nomenclature "greenhouse gases" for the atmospheric gases responsible for the atmospheric warming effect Although this nomenclature is misleading, it is in such common use that we use it here as well Greenhouse effect refers to a process where thermal radiation from the earth's surface is reabsorbed by greenhouse gases and then radiated in all directions The main greenhouse gases include Although greenhouse gases make up only about 1 percent of the Earth's atmosphere, they regulate our climate by trapping heat and holding it in a kind of warmair blanket that surrounds the planet
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