For example, what is the reason why greenhouse gases reflect heat from the Earth back to Earth, but not heat from the Sun back to the space?
From what I understand, it has something to do with radiation and emitted waves, but what exactly makes the difference?
In: Planetary Science
The simple answer is that the greenhouse effect is not actually a reflection of heat back at the Earth. It just gets reported like that because that’s a simple analogy people can easily understand.
[Here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqu5DjzOBF8) is a really good video explaining in much more detail.
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