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The life cycle of a healthy cotton fiber

  Introduction A cotton fiber is a cell with a multiple layered cell wall that grows with other fiber cells on a seed. The environment around the cotton fiber defines its growth and quality. Growth and death of a cotton fiber When a cotton fiber shoots up, its growth phase has begun. The fiber gets taller and taller for 16 days. Then, it starts making cellulose to strengthen its primary cell wall, and once that's over it starts making cellulose to increase the density of its secondary cell wall. In about 50 days, the fiber is fully grown and cell dies off. All that's left of the cell is their cell wall, which determines the quality of the cotton. Bibliography Click the link for further information! Why is cotton in everything? - Michael R. Stiff

How do greenhouse gases actually warm the planet?

The standard way of telling how global warming happens Okay yeah, we all know by now that greenhouse gases absorb heat and warm the planet. But here comes the catch. Most of us don't know actually how they trap heat and warm the planet. Today, I will answer that question. How greenhouse gasses trap heat and warm the planet  When the sun's rays hit the earth, the earth emits some of that light as heat or infrared radiation. Then, greenhouse gasses absorb that heat and emits an infrared particle in a random direction. So the more greenhouse gasses there are the more heat builds up in the atmosphere. Bye bye blog readers! See you soon! Bibliography Click on the following links to learn more! How quantum mechanics explains global warming - Lieven Scheire   How exactly does carbon dioxide cause global warming?