Carbon dioxide (CO₂) is a significant greenhouse gas in the Earth's atmosphere. It absorbs and re- emits infrared radiation, trapping heat and warming the planet through the greenhouse effect. If there were no CO₂ in the atmosphere, the natural greenhouse effect would be significantly weaker, allowing more heat to escape into space, resulting in a much lower average surface temperature on Earth compared to the present.
If there was no CO₂ in the earth's atmosphere, the temperature of earth's surface would be
Asked in WBCS Main Paper 4 2022 · Topic: Greenhouse Effect and Climate Change (Definition and Natural Greenhouse Effect)
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