Find more facts and information on our topic page about
greenhouse
greenhouse gas
greenhouse gas A gas that absorbs long-wave radiation and therefore contributes to
greenhouse-effect warming when present in the atmosphere. The principal greenhouse gases are water vapour, carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, halocarbons, and ozone. See also
global warming.
Cite this article
Pick a style below, and copy the text for your bibliography.
|
Greenhouses bring you in from the cold.
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 10/8/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...that ships greenhouse kits all over the...gardeners who own greenhouses is still quite...growing plants in greenhouses for decades. Stuart...erected his first greenhouse in 1972 _ a Lord...the extremes of greenhouses are numerous choices...freestanding kit greenhouse is a project ...
|
|
Greenhouses Provide Proper Growing Conditions -- Every Day of the Year
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 2/5/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...s thoughts to greenhouses. A greenhouse, hothouse or conservatory...of a traditional greenhouse made of wood and...installing old greenhouses. These tend to...you have a glass greenhouse. Because greenhouses are meant
|
|
|
Greenhouses Can Provide a Hotbed of Pleasure for Winter Gardeners
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 1/27/2001; 700+ words
; ...people think of a greenhouse as a building separate...but not all. Greenhouses come in many sizes...the walls for the greenhouse. Generally, greenhouses are built of glass...you have a glass greenhouse. Since greenhouses are meant to protect...
|
|
GREENHOUSE EFFECT CONCORD'S MARK WARD HAS DEDICATED TWO DECADES TO THE PRESERVATION, RESTORATION, AND REPLICATION OF ANTIQUE GREENHOUSES.
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 6/2/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...materials. He has disassembled greenhouses all over New England, some...collection of Lord & Burnham greenhouse catalogs from the late 1800s...building plans for many of the greenhouses he's taken down. Ward...advertisements, which equate greenhouse ownership with a well-appointed...
|
|
|
GREENHOUSES ARE WHERE HAPPINESS GROWS
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 7/17/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...World War II, greenhouses built around...locally. Many greenhouse complexes seemed...scrutinize the big greenhouses adjacent to...wander from one greenhouse to another...building of home greenhouses. Now greenhouse gardening has...
|
+(via+Knight-Ridder%2fTribune+Business+News) "Detroit Free Press (Detroit, Michigan) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News)")
|
Greenhouses Grow More Popular among Homeowners.
Newspaper article from: Detroit Free Press (Detroit, Michigan) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News); 2/29/2004; 700+ words
; ...know and sell greenhouses, home owners considering a greenhouse should think...fueling a greenhouse popularity...of Backyard Greenhouses in Windsor...foot hobby greenhouse kit she bought from Backyard Greenhouses. The freestanding...
|
|
The greenhouse challenge program: New reporting methods
Magazine article from: Australian CPA; 11/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; Exception Reporting in relation to greenhouse emissions is a new issue for the Australian...reality. Disclosure and verification of greenhouse gas emissions form a critical part of the Commonwealth's Greenhouse Challenge Program. The Program was...
|
|
|
Counting greenhouse gases
Magazine article from: Australian CPA; 9/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...disproportionately to the generation of greenhouse gases. The shape, form and function...assists local governments in reducing the greenhouse gas emissions generated by activities...program is funded by the Australian Greenhouse Office and administered by the International...
|
|
GE AES Greenhouse Gas Services Announces Standard for its US Greenhouse Gas Credits.
Business Wire; 7/25/2007; 700+ words
; NEW YORK -- GE AES Greenhouse Gas Services, a joint venture between...for the creation and sale of its greenhouse gas credits in the United States...dedicated to helping reduce cardholders' greenhouse gas emissions. Under the standard...
|
|
Greenhouse redesign: shifting some blame to the Third World. (Horizons: Environment)
Magazine article from: U.S. News & World Report; 6/18/1990; ; 700+ words
; ...industrialized countries are the primary greenhouse culprits. In fact, the startling conclusion...for what is an undisputed increase in greenhouse gases, they have relied on estimates...based on just one of the three major greenhouse gases (the others being methane and...
|
|
Greenhouse Effects
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
Greenhouse Effects The natural greenhouse effect was first described by Joseph Fourier (1768 –...spectrum. The earth reemits this energy as infrared radiation. Greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, such as water vapor and carbon dioxide...
|
|
Greenhouse Gases
Book article from: Pollution A to Z
Greenhouse Gases Greenhouse gases are trace gases in the atmosphere that absorb outgoing infrared radiation from Earth and thereby, like a greenhouse, warm the planet. Naturally occurring greenhouse gases (primarily...
|
|
greenhouse effect
Book article from: A Dictionary of Biology
greenhouse effect An effect occurring in the atmosphere...because of the presence of certain gases ( greenhouse gases ) that absorb infrared radiation...such substances as carbon dioxide. The greenhouse effect is a natural phenomenon, without...
|
|
enhanced greenhouse effect
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Earth
...term ‘enhanced greenhouse effect’ has been...hence the term ‘greenhouse effect’) has...the way in which glass in greenhouses allows short-wave radiation...The temperature in the greenhouse thus rises. It must, however...
|
|
Greenhouse Gases and Greenhouse Effect
Book article from: World of Earth Science
Greenhouse gases and greenhouse effect The greenhouse effect is the physical mechanism by which the atmosphere helps to maintain Earth's surface temperature within a range comfortable for organisms and ecological processes. The greenhouse effect...
|
