In this short clip from the National Center for Atmospheric Research, scientist Stan Solomon explains how carbon dioxide released in the air heats the lower atmosphere close to Earth, while the upper atmosphere, or thermosphere, is actually cooled down.
1 minute 14 seconds
December 11, 2006 11:39 AM PST
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