Question

Indiscriminate human activities have strengthened the greenhouse effect resulting in Global Warming."" Give the relative contribution of various Green House Gases in the form of a pie chart and explain the fate of the energy of sunlight reaching the earth’s surface contributing towards Global Warming.

Answer 1

Answer:

Human activities, however, mainly the burning of fossil fuels and clearcutting of forests, have accelerated the greenhouse effect and caused global warming

Answer 2

Global warming  the fate of energy

Explanation:

• Clouds and gases reflect 1/4th of incoming solar radiation.
• Some of them are absorbed.
• ​​​​​​​Almost half of incoming solar radiation falls on Earth’s surface heating it.
• Small amount is reflected backs, Earth’s surface re-emits heat in the form of infra red radiation.  
• Part of which does not escape into space as atmospheric gases absorb a major fraction of it.