Climate and climate change: some background science
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The greenhouse effect
The Sun is the primary source of energy for the Earth’s climate. Satellite observations show that about 30% of the Sun’s energy that reaches the Earth is reflected back to space by clouds, gases and small particles in the atmosphere, and by the Earth’s surface. The remainde...
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