The core principle of the greenhouse effect is the differential transparency of the trapping medium (glass or atmosphere) to incoming short-wavelength radiation and outgoing long-wavelength infrared radiation.
Which one of the following statements with regard to greenhouse effect is correct?
Asked in UPSC CAPF 2024 · Topic: Greenhouse Effect and Climate Change (Definition and Natural Greenhouse Effect)
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Answer: C. It can take place inside a glass chamber where short wavelength infrared radiation can pass through and long wavelength infrared radiation cannot pass through it
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