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How does carbon dioxide increase the Earth’s temperature?

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The particles in CO2 rises to the atmosphere and the more carbon dioxide that rises increase the temperature. Carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas so it would increase (hot) temperatures.
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It traps the heat in instead of letting it out into space. For this reason CO2 is a greenhouse gas.
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