Greenhouse Effect, by Sam Poulin
(Very good at noting that it can be a positive. Without this the Earth would get too cold and not support life, but the most important part that you should add is that it is bad! This is what is contributing to global warming and is excessively holding heat in.)
The Greenhouse Effect is responsible for keeping the Earth warm, without it Life would be almost impossible. The term, "Greenhouse Effect" comes from how a greenhouse gets hot inside by trapping the heat from the sun. How the Greenhouse Effect works is that the sun send energy to Earth and hits the surface and greenhouse gases which absorbs some of that energy, all the other energy is reflected back into space or is absorbed by greenhouse gases. Greenhouse gases are gases that also absorb heat, which make the air warmer. Carbon dioxide is the most important greenhouse gas emitted by humans, followed by methane, nitrous gas, fluorinated gas, and other gases (not in that order). We generate gases through daily activities like driving your car, turning on the heat or AC, cook something on a grill or gas stove, etc... However, since the industrial revolution the amount of greenhouse gases have been steadily rising ever since. One thing I didn't know about the Greenhouse Effect was that carbon dioxide makes up 64.3% of greenhouse gases. This could could help you in real life because you could know how the cut down on your emissions.
Info: "Greenhouse Gases | A Student's Guide To Global Climate Change | US EPA".Www3.epa.gov. N.p., 2016. Web. 13 Oct. 2016.
Bernie Madow-I thought your post was interesting. I didn't realize how many times greenhouse gases are are in our daily lives.
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