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Clouds help in cooling down the planet and do not contribute to greenhouse effect.

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Clouds help in cooling down the planet and do not contribute to greenhouse effect.

(a) True

(b) False

The question was posed to me during an internship interview.

Enquiry is from Greenhouse Gases topic in chapter Atmosphere & Greenhouse Gases of Environmental Engineering

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Right answer is (b) False

To explain: Clouds can absorb infrared radiation as well as emit them and hence contribute to greenhouse effect.

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