Scientists kevin trenberth, john fasullo, and jeff kiehl originally created this diagram to illustrate concepts presented in a research paper Das diagramm zeigt den treibhausgaseffekt Versions of this diagram have been featured in several videos, animations, and texts for educational audiences.
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The greenhouse effect is the natural warming of the earth’s atmosphere
Solar radiation enters the atmosphere mainly as light, and some of that radiation is absorbed by the earth’s surface then change.
To balance this input of solar radiation, the earth itself emits radiation to space Some of this terrestrial radiation is trapped by greenhouse gases and radiated back to the earth, resulting in the warming of the surface known as the greenhouse effect. The diagram above illustrates the greenhouse effect This process begins with the absorption of shortwave radiation from the sun
Absorption causes the solar energy to be converted into sensible heat at the earth's surface. Finally, earth's atmosphere itself emits radiation that both escapes to space and interacts with the earth's surface Continue reading below to look at each of these energy transfers in more detail, as well as to examine the greenhouse effect as a whole. While this greenhouse effect occurs naturally, making life as we know it possible, human activities in the past century have substantially increased the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, causing the atmosphere to trap more heat and leading to changes in the earth’s temperature.
