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Describe ways that water pollution occurs. Describe how greenhouse gases contribute to climate change.

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Greenhouse gases are transparent to incoming (short-wave) radiation from the sun but block infrared (long-wave) radiation from leaving the earth's atmosphere. This green house effect traps radiation from the sun and the planet's surface.

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