Process by which radiation from a planets atmosphere warms the planets surface to a temperature above what is would be without its atmosphere
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Step 1: The process being described is the greenhouse effect, which is the process by which radiation from a planet's atmosphere warms the planet's surface to a temperature above what it would be without its atmosphere. Show more…
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