What greenhouse gas has over 100x the efficiency of carbon dioxide to reflect light back to the earth?
Answers
Greenhouse gases
Explanation:
Greenhouse gases include carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide and other gases that accumulate in the atmosphere and create the heat-reflective layer that keeps the Earth at a livable temperature. When the concentration of these so-called greenhouse gases is increased, the percentage of infrared radiation which is being transmitted through the atmosphere is reduced. When the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere is increased, more infrared radiation is reflected back to the Earth by the atmosphere. This leads to an increased temperature of the surface of the Earth. This increased effect due to higher concentration of greenhouse gases is normally called global warming or climate change.
A methane molecule has 25 times the global warming potential of a CO2 molecule.
A single nitrous oxide molecule has 298 times the global warming potential of a CO2 molecule.
Hydrofluorocarbons (1,430-14,800 times) and sulfur hexafluoride (22,800 times).
Answer:
Methane
Explanation: