‘greenhouse effect’
‘greenhouse effect’ The effect of heat retention in the lower atmosphere as a result of absorption and reradiation of long-wave (more than 4 μm) terrestrial radiation by clouds and gases (e.g. water vapour and carbon dioxide). The insulating effect is not strictly analogous to that of greenhouse glass, since the higher temperature in a greenhouse is due partly to the reduction in air movement. The atmospheric effect is to alter the balance of incoming and outgoing radiation in the Earth's energy budget. Marked increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide, generated for example by the combustion of fossil fuels, could result in a global increase of atmospheric temperatures if not offset by other (perhaps natural) changes.
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Space missions will study greenhouse effects on other planets.
Newspaper article from: Science Letter; 3/3/2003; 700+ words
; ...planet's natural temperature regulators - the greenhouse effect. The greenhouse effect determines the flow of energy arriving...Saturn's largest moon, we see a moderate greenhouse effect, mostly due to the large concentrations of...
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Higher hints of greenhouse effects. (Earth Sciences)
Magazine article from: Science News; 7/1/1989; 699 words
; Higher hints of greenhouse effects Computer models predict that increasing...greenhouse gases should have contrasting effects on different portions of the atmosphere...consistent with trends expected from the greenhouse effect. But he stresses that other factors...
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Some `Greenhouse' Effects: Pestilence, Super-Storms?
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 12/8/1988; ; 700+ words
; ...planet, known as the greenhouse effect, is expected over the...fact and its actual effects will not be possible...guesses about what the effects would be and how the...at other less obvious effects. They include: A march...fatal fever. The chief effect of a climate warming...
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World Wildlife Fund Conference to examine greenhouse effects on biological diversity. (NEWS ADVISORY)
PR Newswire; 9/30/1988; 653 words
; ...FUND CONFERENCE TO EXAMINE GREENHOUSE EFFECTS ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY WHAT...sponsor "Consequences of the Greenhouse Effect for Biological Diversity...ecosystems may react to the Greenhouse Effect. CONTACT: Leigh Ann...
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As spring arrives, the Weather Channel blames winter's record-setting extremes on fickle greenhouse effects. (NEWS ADVISORY)
PR Newswire; 3/17/1989; 700+ words
; ...SETTING EXTREMES ON FICKLE GREENHOUSE EFFECTS Residents of Norfolk...network, the greenhouse effect may be to blame, even though it is not having the effects many experts had predicted...said that the greenhouse effect, rather than warming...
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Tree planting: the 'greenhouse' effects. (reforestation may reduce rate of global warming)
Magazine article from: Science News; 4/30/1988; 700+ words
; Tree planting: The 'greenhouse' effects Increasing global reforestation between now and the year 2000...2)--has been accumulating in earth's atmosphere. A "greenhouse" gas, atmospheric carbon dioxide can contribute to climate...
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Extreme weather on the horizon: failure to curb greenhouse effects could lead to environmental catastrophe. (Environment).
Magazine article from: The Futurist; 7/1/2002; 700+ words
; ...flooding would suffer more of it under a heightened greenhouse effect. Drier areas like the Great Plains or the sub...evacuated as the country disappears beneath the sea. The greenhouse effect is a naturally occurring phenomenon that keeps our...
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A LOOK AT THE GREENHOUSE EFFECT SOME HAVE DOUBTS ABOUT ITS SEVERITY
Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN); 10/16/1988; 700+ words
; ...lot less about the "greenhouse effect" than the news media...this summer with the greenhouse story was, you almost...that this greenhouse effect will drive it from now...While the greenhouse effect may be pushing our climate...how do all these other effects counteract ...
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I'm Not Being an Alarmist About the Greenhouse Effect
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 2/11/1989; 700+ words
; ...his Outlook article {"The Greenhouse Climate of Fear," Jan...presented about the greenhouse effect is alarmist and based on faulty...for an increasing greenhouse effect is now sufficiently strong...warm measurement bias." The effect to which he refers, thermal...without correcting ...
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Conceptions of the Greenhouse Effect and Global Warming among Elementary Students from Diverse Languages and Cultures
Magazine article from: Journal of Geoscience Education; 3/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...examined conceptions of the greenhouse effect and global warming among elementary...Cnange, 2001). Thus, the greenhouse effect is a naturally occurring phenomenon...to result from an intensified greenhouse effect. Students' coneptions of the...
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Greenhouse Effects
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
Greenhouse Effects The natural greenhouse effect was first described by Joseph Fourier (1768 –...The earth reemits this energy as infrared radiation. Greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, such as water vapor and carbon...
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Greenhouse Effect
Encyclopedia entry from: UXL Encyclopedia of Science
Greenhouse effect The greenhouse effect is a natural phenomenon that is responsible...The name comes from the process by which greenhouses are thought to collect and hold heat. The greenhouse mechanism A greenhouse is a building in which...
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The Enhanced Greenhouse Effect and Global Warming
Book article from: The Environment: A Revolution in Attitudes
CHAPTER 3 THE ENHANCED GREENHOUSE EFFECT AND GLOBAL WARMING WHAT IS CLIMATE...that expected from the natural greenhouse effect, an effect known as global...two-thirds of the natural greenhouse effect. Scientists believe, however...
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greenhouse effect
Book article from: A Dictionary of Biology
greenhouse effect An effect occurring in the atmosphere...of the presence of certain gases ( greenhouse gases ) that absorb infrared radiation...substances as carbon dioxide. The greenhouse effect is a natural phenomenon, without...
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enhanced greenhouse effect
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Earth
enhanced greenhouse effect The term ‘enhanced greenhouse effect’ has been...hence the term ‘greenhouse effect’) has...the way in which glass in greenhouses allows short-wave radiation...
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