Basically the Earth’s atmosphere is made up oxygen, nitrogen and a dozen other gases.

All of these serve to capture a certain amount of heat and keep the Earth warm. Sunlight hits the
Earth and is absorbed as heat. That heat radiates outward back into the air. The molecules in the
air absorb and release that heat. Certain molecules that are heavier than others radiate more heat
back to earth. Without these molecules from special gases, the Earth would be frozen over at
around 14 degrees below zero.

This absorption and reflection of heat is known as the greenhouse effect. For just as in a
greenhouse heat is trapped and built up by our atmosphere. So then, if all of this is supposed to
happen, what is the problem?

The problem is that we keep adding to the special mixture of our air too much of certain
ingredients such as Carbon dioxide. Carbon dioxide or CO2 is essential to nature. Plants use
CO2 and sunlight to create sugars and fresh oxygen. Still you might think fine so the plants will
grow even better if we have extra CO2. That is what many scientists thought when they first
examined global warming.

But we only have so many plants, and our oceans, which also absorb CO2, are at
maximum capacity. So all this extra Carbon dioxide goes up into the atmosphere where it blocks
the release of heat leaving the earth. Gases such as CO2 that absorb heat that otherwise would
have expelled to outer space are called greenhouse gases. There are quite a few of them.

The Process of Global Warming

Global warming is a condition in which the average temperature of the earth suface’s
increases. This can be caused by a lot of factors such as green house effect, air pollution, forest
damage and others. However, do you know how is global warming happens?

The process of global warming begins from the light of the tread of the sun partly
returned to the sky and partly absorbed by the earth (which is reflected back in the form of
infrared radiation).
 The solar radiation passes through the earth and through the atmosphere, as more and
more solar radiation is in the Earth’s atmosphere layer causing the ozone hole. Most of the solar
radiation is absorbed by the earth’s surface and heat it up.

The infrared radiation emitted by the earth is absorbed by CO2 in the atmosphere which
is then partially transmitted into space and partly returned to Earth’s atmosphere. The CO2 that
returned to Earth’s atmosphere causes the earth continuously getting hotter. This condition is
known as global warming.

Pada dasarnya atmosfer Bumi terdiri dari oksigen, nitrogen, dan selusin gas lainnya.
Semua ini berfungsi untuk menangkap sejumlah panas tertentu dan menjaga Bumi tetap hangat.
Sinar matahari menerjang Bumi dan diserap sebagai panas. Panas itu memancar keluar kembali
ke udara. Molekul-molekul di udara menyerap dan melepaskan panas itu. Molekul tertentu yang
lebih berat daripada yang lain memancarkan lebih banyak panas kembali ke bumi. Tanpa
molekul-molekul ini dari gas khusus, Bumi akan membeku di sekitar 14 derajat di bawah nol.

Penyerapan dan refleksi panas ini dikenal sebagai efek rumah kaca. Sebab seperti di
rumah kaca panas terperangkap dan dibangun oleh atmosfer kita. Jadi, jika semua ini seharusnya
terjadi, apa masalahnya?

Masalahnya adalah kita terus menambahkan campuran khusus dari udara kita terlalu
banyak bahan-bahan tertentu seperti Karbon dioksida. Karbon dioksida atau CO2 sangat penting
untuk alam. Tanaman menggunakan CO2 dan sinar matahari untuk menciptakan gula dan
oksigen segar. Masih Anda mungkin berpikir baik-baik saja sehingga tanaman akan tumbuh
lebih baik jika kita memiliki CO2 ekstra. Itulah yang dipikirkan banyak ilmuwan ketika mereka
pertama kali meneliti pemanasan global.
 Tetapi kita hanya memiliki begitu banyak tanaman, dan lautan kita, yang juga menyerap
CO2, berada pada kapasitas maksimum. Jadi semua Karbon Dioksida ekstra ini naik ke atmosfer
di mana ia menghalangi pelepasan panas yang meninggalkan bumi. Gas seperti CO2 yang
menyerap panas yang jika tidak akan dikeluarkan ke luar angkasa disebut gas rumah kaca. Ada
beberapa dari mereka.

The Process of Global Warming

Global warming is a condition in which the average temperature of the earth suface’s
increases. This can be caused by a lot of factors such as green house effect, air pollution, forest
damage and others. However, do you know how is global warming happens?

The process of global warming begins from the light of the tread of the sun partly
returned to the sky and partly absorbed by the earth (which is reflected back in the form of
infrared radiation).

The solar radiation passes through the earth and through the atmosphere, as more and
more solar radiation is in the Earth’s atmosphere layer causing the ozone hole. Most of the solar
radiation is absorbed by the earth’s surface and heat it up.

The infrared radiation emitted by the earth is absorbed by CO2 in the atmosphere which
is then partially transmitted into space and partly returned to Earth’s atmosphere. The CO2 that
returned to Earth’s atmosphere causes the earth continuously getting hotter. This condition is
known as global warming.
 Proses Pemanasan Global
Pemanasan global adalah suatu kondisi dimana temperatur rata-rata dari permukaan bumi
meningkat. Ini dapat disebabkan karena berbagai faktor seperti efek rumah kaca, polusi udara,
kerusakan hutan, dan lainnya. Akan tetapi, tahukan anda bagaimana proses terjadinya pemanasan
global?

Proses terjadinya pemanasan global berawal dari cahaya tapak matahari sebagian
dikembalikan ke angkasa dan sebagian lagi diserap oleh bumi (yang mana pantulan tersebut
dikembalikan dalam wujud inframerah).

Radiasi matahari tersebut melalui bumi dan melalui atmosfer, semakin banyak radiasi
matahari yang menumpuk di lapisan atmosfer bumi menyebabkan lubang ozon. Kebanyakan dari
radiasi matahari diserap oleh permukaan bumi dan membuatnya semakin panas.

Radiasi inframerah yang dipancarkan kembali oleh bumi kemudian diserap oleh CO2 di atmosfer
yang mana sebagian dikembalikan ke angkasa dan sebagian dikembalikan ke atmosfer bumi.
CO2 yang kembali ke atmosfer bumi menyebabkan bumi menjadi semakin panas. Kondisi bumi
yang semakin panas inilah yang kemudian dikenal sebagai pemanasan global.