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Climate system balance

This diagram illustrates how greenhouse gases upset the balance of incoming solar radiation and outgoing radiation from the earth, and produce global warming.

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Brett Mullan and Kynan Gentry. 'Climate change', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 23-Nov-09
URL: http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/climate-change/1/1