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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The rays coming from the sun have a short wavelength which makes it easy for them to go through the atmosphere. When those hit the earth, they are partly converted to infra red heat rays which have a long wavelength thus making it harder to not hit a greenhouse gas molecule in the Atmosphere
You can think of it like throwing small and big balls against a net. Most of the smaller ones will easily fit through the holes, but the big ones have a great chance of hitting a strings of the net.
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