Enhanced greenhouse effect
What Enhanced greenhouse effect means in Combined Science GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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Occurs when extra gases strengthen the natural effect, which is essential, and tends to raise the mean global temperature.
Increased greenhouse gases raise the temperature of the Earth's atmosphere at the surface.
Topics that use Enhanced greenhouse effect
- Greenhouse gases (AQA GCSE)
- Human activities which contribute to an increase in greenhouse gases in the atmosphere (AQA GCSE)
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- Climate change
- Combustion of fossil fuels
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- Complexity and uncertainty in environmental systems
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