Activity: The Greenhouse Effect: Why Is the Earth's Surface So Much Warmer than the Earth as Seen from Space?

Activity: The Greenhouse Effect: Why Is the Earth's Surface So Much Warmer than the Earth as Seen from Space?
An activity in which students analyze the global energy budgets for the earth's atmosphere and surface to understand how the greenhouse effect works and why adding greenhouse gases leads to global warming.

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