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4. Based on your knowledge of how the greenhouse effect works, why does the level of carbon dioxide affect the global temperature?

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Carbon dioxide and other pollutants in the air accumulate in the atmosphere creating an increasingly thick layer. It captures more heat from the Sun, and as a result, our planet heats up much more,a s if it were a greenhouse.

WHY? Because it's a pollutant gas

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