GREENHOUSE EFFECT


Meaning of GREENHOUSE EFFECT in English

Warming of the earth’s atmosphere caused by a build-up of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse or trace gases that act like a pane of glass in a greenhouse, allowing sunlight to pass through and heat the earth but preventing a counterbalancing loss of heat radiation. United Nations (1997)

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