So what I’m reading is that these gas absorb the light from the sun and keeps it trapped on the earth.
What I don’t get is how is it letting the light and heat in from the sun in, but not the light and heat reflected from the Earth out? If it’s a barrier, shouldn’t it block both ways? If it’s not a barrier, how is it trapping the heat?
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It’s not letting heat in, only visible light (mostly). That gets converted into infrared light (heat) by the ground, which cannot pass back through the greenhouse gases because of their properties.
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