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

Greenhouse effect

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.

sediment layers stop spreading when they reach a barrier or they run out of sedimentary material. lateral spreading is the movement of gently to steeply sloping, saturated soil deposits caused by earthquake-induced liquefaction. i hope this . : )

the first plants to make the transition

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