(Gif Ed Hawkins/Climate Lab Book) The Greenhouse Effect Scientists have known about greenhouse gases for more than a century, ever since the world renown Swedish scientist and Nobel Prize winner Svante Arrhenius, first described how carbon dioxide (CO 2) can trap heat in the atmosphere It is their heattrapping ability that keeps the planet habitable, and it became5 Theorize why the lower energy infrared (IR) light would be trapped inside the glass of the greenhouse, unable to get out, while the short wavelengths of light can penetrate the glass to get in?4 Does the light that penetrates the greenhouse have more or less energy than the light that is in the greenhouse?
Direct Observations Confirm That Humans Are Throwing Earth S Energy Budget Off Balance
