Reading assignment:

Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Global Warming Potential

Greenhouse Effect

How does a greenhouse work?

Greenhouse Schematic

How does the Earth's atmosphere work like a greenhouse?

Atmospheric greenhouse

Greenhouse gases:

-gases that absorb in the infrared (enlarged graph) part of the spectrum

Summary Table

• Water vapor (H₂O)
• Carbon dioxide (CO₂)
• Methane (CH₄)
• Nitrous oxide (N₂O)
• Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)
• Graph of changing greenhouse gases

IPCC Summary of Greenhouse Gas Changes since Industrial Revolution

How have greenhouse gases changed energy balance of Earth system?