8.2. Thermal Energy Transfer

Here we look into some of the Physics of thermal energy transfer. We start with a bit of recap on the 3 main methods - conduction, convection, radiation. However, the main focus of this chapter is building up a bit of understanding about the reasons behind the greenhouse effect - starting with energy emission from the sun through something called black body radiation, followed by looking at energy absorption of the Earth and the reason why greenhouse gases contribute to global temperature changes.