Water vapor, carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, and methane are examples of green house gases. They all do not trap heat at the same rate. I am looking for a scientific basis for which gases trap what percentage of heat.
2007-05-17 10:29:48 · 4 answers · asked by Yaozza 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
If you look at the infrared absorption spectrum of these gasses, you will find that H20 absorbs more radiance than the other gasses, then, CO2, then CH4, then NO2.
2007-05-17 10:45:29 · answer #1 · answered by asgspifs 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
To add to asgspifs, water is the most powerful but the good news about water is that its always cycling and there's as much water now as there every has been in one state or another. The problem with CO2 is that it takes about 100 years or so for it to break down in the atmosphere. So that's why it gets all the bad press.
2007-05-17 10:58:28 · answer #2 · answered by Lady Geologist 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
HFCs and PFCs are the most heat-absorbent. Methane traps over 21 times more heat than carbon dioxide, and nitrous oxide absorbs 270 times more heat than carbon dioxide.
2007-05-17 10:40:47 · answer #3 · answered by Swamp Fox 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Sun light enters the atmosphere and instead of escaping back into outer space the greenhouse gases bounce it back towards earth. Sun light is energy, and energy equals heat.
2016-05-21 23:35:47 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋