How Does the Greenhouse Effect Really Work?

We may be committed to reversing the greenhouse effect, but do we really know what it is we are committed to reversing? How do overactive carbon emissions actually contribute to the warming of the earth? How do gases trap heat? What do the predictions look like for the next fifty years of global warming?

Check out this page on the British Broadcasting News site to see interactive models of how the greenhouse effect and the carbon cycle really work as well as scientist's predictions for the next fifty years.