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"Why are Greenhouse gases called so?" Do you have any idea?

The Greenhouse Effect is a process that occurs when gases in Earth's atmosphere trap the Sun's heat. This process increase the Earth's temperature. The Greenhouse Effect is one of the things that makes Earth a comfortable place to live. Why it is called Greenhouse Effect? Because the Greenhouse Effect works like a Greenhouse. A Greenhouse is a building with glass walls and a glass roof. Greenhouses are used to grow plants , such as tomatoes and tropical flowers. A Greenhouse capture heat from the Sun during the day. It's glass walls trap the Sun's heat, which keeps plants inside the Greenhouse warm - even in cold nights. If it weren't greenhouses gases , Earth would be an extremely cold , deserted planet. Plants couldn't grow and and animals like us wouldn't be able to survive. What are Greenhouse gases? Greenhouses gases are found in Earth's atmosphere. They can trap the solar radiation/ ...

"Amazon fire is such a terrific scene that we couldn't ever imagine", Do you know why Amazon rainforests are burning??

"Amazon Rainforest fire is such a terrific scene", as we have never seen before, which start in 2019. As we know that Amazon Rainforest is the largest rainforest in the world and also it's a huge biologically diverse place on the Earth. About Amazon Rainforest The Amazon Rainforest is the home to 40% of the world's tropical forest and holds 20% of world's fresh water supply. It is also home to 10% of the world's species and 40,000 plant species and around 3000 varities of edible fruits, 430 species of mammals and millions of insects.   What is the reason of burning of the Amazon Rainforest? Though forest fires are common in the Amazon Rainforest during this period as it is a dry season in the Southern Amazon , the year 2019. According to the environmentalists, 99% of the forest fires are result of human activities either on purpose or by accident. Farmers and ranchers use fire generally to clean the land for ...

Do you want to know some interesting facts about Amazon?

The Amazon Rainforest covering much of North Western Brazil and extending into Columbia, Peru and other South American countries, is the world's largest tropical rainforest , famed for it's biodiversity. Supporting a huge number of plants and animals and hugely important to our own survival. What's interesting about Amazon Rainforest:-   AmazonTropical Rainforest only cover about 6% of the Earth's surface , but they are home to more than half the world's total plants and animals. Around 80% of the food we eat originally came from rainforests like coffee, chocolate, rice, tomatoes, potatoes, bananas, black pepper, pine apples and corn etc. The Amazon forest floor is almost completely dark with the less than 1% of the available sunlight making it through the tree canopy above. There are around 3000 fruits found in rainforest and in the west we make use of around 200 of them. However indigenous tribes make use of over 2000. We often thin...