Global warming occurs because

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greenhouse gases absorb incoming solar radiation and reflect it back to space

greenhouse gases absorb infrared rays reflected from the earth and reflect them back towards the earth

greenhouse gases cause thickening of the ozone layer in the stratosphere

greenhouse gases absorb ultraviolet rays reflected from the earth and reflect them back toward the earth as infrared rays

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The solar energy that reaches the earth’s surface is absorbed and radiated back up in the form of infrared radiation. About 90 per cent of this infrared radiation is absorbed by greenhouse gases and redirected back toward the earth, causing global warming.

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