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disa [49]
2 years ago
9

Briefly describe how the Earth's atmosphereis heated.​

Geography
1 answer:
dmitriy555 [2]2 years ago
5 0

Due to the chemical composition of the earth's atmosphere, most of the infrared radiation emitted by the warm surface never reaches space. Instead the radiation is reflected or absorbed by compounds known as greenhouse gasses. When these compounds absorb the infrared radiation from the surface, the atmosphere heats up.

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