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What is main causes for greenhouse effect?

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Carbon dioxide released by burning fossil fuels and by deforestation absorbs outgoing infrared radiation and re radiates it to the earth, trapping heat. Rising atmospheric carbon dioxide is therefore the main driver of the enhanced greenhouse effect. Fertilizer use, water logging and run off affect soil and water, not radiation trapping, to the same degree.

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