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I notice your usage of the fortran typograph ** for power. I am not certain if that is an accepted standard - as most nowadays use ^ for power, as in m^2. Just a small reminder. I will see if I can find reference to it as well. [[User:Robert Tito|Robert Tito]] 21:58, 3 February 2007 (CST) You might try the following: m<sup>2</sup> and see the result you want. Using the tag <sup> for start superscript, and </sup> to end it, or <sub> respectively </sub>. In the help pages many more examples are given. To see these tags, enter edit-mode. [[User:Robert Tito|Robert Tito]] 22:01, 3 February 2007 (CST)
I notice your usage of the fortran typograph ** for power. I am not certain if that is an accepted standard - as most nowadays use ^ for power, as in m^2. Just a small reminder. I will see if I can find reference to it as well. [[User:Robert Tito|Robert Tito]] 21:58, 3 February 2007 (CST) You might try the following: m<sup>2</sup> and see the result you want. Using the tag <sup> for start superscript, and </sup> to end it, or <sub> respectively </sub>. In the help pages many more examples are given. To see these tags, enter edit-mode. [[User:Robert Tito|Robert Tito]] 22:01, 3 February 2007 (CST)


:Could we make this article a bit more accessible to the layman? I took a year of physics in high school and another year in college, but the "reading level" of [[Greenhouse effect]] is tough for me to follow.
:Could we make this article a bit more accessible to the layman? I took a year of physics in high school and another year in college, but the "reading level" of [[Greenhouse effect]] is tough for me to follow. --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] 16:08, 9 May 2007 (CDT)

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Article Checklist for "Greenhouse effect"
Workgroup category or categories Earth Sciences Workgroup [Categories OK]
Article status Developing article: beyond a stub, but incomplete
Underlinked article? Yes
Basic cleanup done? Yes
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hello Mr. Farrar,

I notice your usage of the fortran typograph ** for power. I am not certain if that is an accepted standard - as most nowadays use ^ for power, as in m^2. Just a small reminder. I will see if I can find reference to it as well. Robert Tito 21:58, 3 February 2007 (CST) You might try the following: m2 and see the result you want. Using the tag for start superscript, and to end it, or respectively . In the help pages many more examples are given. To see these tags, enter edit-mode. Robert Tito 22:01, 3 February 2007 (CST)

Could we make this article a bit more accessible to the layman? I took a year of physics in high school and another year in college, but the "reading level" of Greenhouse effect is tough for me to follow. --Ed Poor 16:08, 9 May 2007 (CDT)