👉 Agassiz' theory is a scientific concept that explains how the Earth's atmosphere behaves under pressure, especially when it comes to its greenhouse effect. It suggests that the Earth's atmosphere acts like a thick, protective cloth that traps heat from the sun and keeps it inside. This phenomenon, known as "greenhouse warming," occurs because the Earth's surface is not able to directly absorb all of the sunlight that reaches the surface, which leads to the warming of the planet's surface by about 1