I have trouble with the greenhouse effect as pertains to earths atmosphere?

Subject: I have trouble with the greenhouse effect as pertains to earths atmosphere?

Date: Sat Nov 21 05:06:39 2009
Posted by Manuel
Grade level: 10-12 School: Santa Maria High School
City: Santa Maria State/Province: CA Country: USA
Area of science: Earth Sciences
ID: 1258805199.Es

Message:


The Planet Venus has a atmoshpere of 90x atm that of earth and we know the 
effects, Mars with a similar atmosphere yet 1/90th atm that of earth has no 
effect, my question is even with an atmosphere composed almost entirely of 
greenhouse gasses at earth atmospheric pressure be capable of only holding a 
certain amount of heat? and may we be as hot as our planet can get?

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