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what is green house effect?

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When the atmosphereci temperature is increased due to radiation of heatradiation by gases like CO2 , CH4, O3 oxides of nitrogen etc, it is called green house effect. If causes global warming which may melt the polar ice and increease in the sea level and floods in the low lying
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