What happens when Carbon Dioxide is exposed to the sunlight directly with any kind of atmosphere in between?
2007-03-03 02:37:47 · 3 answers · asked by hello 3 in Environment
Carbon dioxide forms a layer that is like a blanket for the planets. Allows the red wavelength to enter but it does not allow them to leave in the right amount, this causes acumulation of heat and thus the temperature increases. Eventually that will melt the ice in the poles of the planets, releasing extra water to the planet's surfaces. This idea was considered by the planet engineers to melt the ice on mars and generates an ocean to support life.
2007-03-03 02:47:25 · answer #1 · answered by simbionte 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Carbon Dioxide is an 'atmosphere' sorta unto itself, if it is the only gas present.
Full spectrum (White) Light (EMR) passes through it, reflects off of the ground where it changes spectral state becoming Infra red energy (Heat) and Carbon Dioxide is Opaque (means it cannot pass through it) to that, so that is how it traps heat in the atmosphere.
2007-03-03 03:14:13 · answer #2 · answered by occluderx 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Death to all life in the universe.
2007-03-03 02:42:21 · answer #3 · answered by Richard J 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋