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Increase in greenhouse gases in the atmosphere leads to climate change because these gases have what property?

A. They absorb infrared radiation
B.They transit visible light

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Hey there!

The answer would be A. They absorb infrared radiation.

Water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, and other trace gases in Earth's atmosphere absorb the longer wavelengths of outgoing infrared radiation from Earth's surface. These gases then emit the infrared radiation in all directions, both outward toward space and downward toward Earth.

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