Question

The mechanism by which the atmosphere traps incoming shortwave radiation and outgoing longwave radiation and keeps it in the atmosphere near Earth's surface is called the _________.

Answer 1

Greenhouse effect

Step-by-step explanation:

Greenhouse effect is the trapping of the sun's warmth in a planet's lower atmosphere, due to the greater transparency of the atmosphere to visible radiation from the sun than to infrared radiation emitted from the planet's surface.