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Could we survive on earth without the greenhouse effect

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no we wouldnt, if there was no greenhouse effect there would be no heat in the atmosphere which can freeze earth to a ball of frozen ice.

User Emre Kabaoglu
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No, Greenhouse gases in the air, mainly carbon dioxide, methane and water vapor, trap radiation from the Sun and act like a thermal blanket around the planet. Without the greenhouse effect, the Earth would have an average temperature of -18 °C and be covered in ice. Life as we know it would not be able to survive.


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