Has the Earth's surface experienced warming as a result of increasing levels of greenhouse gases? If so, by how much?

Video transcript

Hey everyone, we're told that the warming of earth's surface is not affected by the rising levels of greenhouse gasses. Is this statement true or false? In order to answer this question, we need to understand the greenhouse effect. Now, the greenhouse effect is the absorption of infrared light by gasses that retain heat released by the earth. So this would be greenhouse gasses. Knowing this information. We can safely say that this statement is false, since the Earth's surface is in fact affected by the rising levels of the greenhouse gasses. Now, I hope that made sense and let us know if you have any questions.