enhanced greenhouse effect

By admin_wla | Tue, 4 Feb 2014 - 12:13
The natural greenhouse effect has been enhanced by anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases. Increased concentrations of carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide, CFCs, HFCs, PFCs, SF6, NF3, and other photochemically important gases caused by human activities such as fossil fuel consumption and adding waste to landfills, trap more infra-red radiation, thereby exerting a warming influence on the climate. See Climate Change and Global Warming. Source: NASA (http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Glossary)