claim: ‘If we do nothing to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions, the kind of extreme heat we saw this past summer will be the norm when my young son is a grown man.’
evidence: CO 2 absorbs and emits infrared radiation at wavelengths of 4.26 µm ( asymmetric stretching vibrational mode ) and 14.99 µm ( bending vibrational mode ) and consequently is a greenhouse gas that plays a significant role in influencing Earth's surface temperature through the greenhouse effect.