Shouldn’t greenhouse gasses also make the atmosphere reflect the heat before it enters the atmosphere?

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My very limited understanding of the subject is that the heat from the sun goes through the atomosphere and then it just kinda bounces between the atomosphere and the earth. Increased greenhouse gasses lead to increased “bounceback”. But shouldn’t increased greenhouse gasses also reduce the heat that enters the system in the first place?

Apologies for any confusion caused by being on mobile and not speaking English as a native language.

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* Energy from the sun enters as light.
* Light passes through the gases very easily.
* Light hits something on Earth and gets converted to heat
* The gases are good at trapping the heat.

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