Our atmosphere is made up of a mix of gases that sustain life by absorbing some solar radiation to heat the planet, allow livings things to breathe, and by transporting water. Nitrogen (78%) and ...

The notion that greenhouse gases are warming the Earth is nothing new, as is the notion that methane — while having 23 times the heat retention capabilities of carbon dioxide — is rarer and breaks ...

Numerical models of the global climate are now in general agreement that a doubling of the atmospheric- CO2 content, which is expected to be reached during the next century, will lead to an increase ...

"Venus is certainly a good example of one extremity of the greenhouse effect run amok." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. There is ...

In 1827, French scientist Jean-Baptiste Fourier noticed the similarity between the effect of glass in a greenhouse retaining heat from sunlight in the greenhouse and the similar effect that the ...

Introduction Have you ever thought about where the vegetables you eat are coming from when it is too cold to grow them outside? They might have been shipped from a different country to your town—or ...