greenhouse effect
11Greenhouse Effect — When a gas, like carbon dioxide, blankets a planet and lets infrared radiation enter but not completely leave the atmosphere. This causes the atmosphere to heat up, like the inside of a greenhouse. A Runaway Greenhouse Effect can develop if… …
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12greenhouse effect — noun (with the) The process by which a planet is warmed by its atmosphere. The greenhouse effect could lead to global warming or, at least, climate change …
13greenhouse effect — N SING: the N The greenhouse effect is the problem caused by increased quantities of gases such as carbon dioxide in the air. These gases trap the heat from the sun, and cause a gradual rise in the temperature of the Earth s atmosphere …
14greenhouse effect — šiltnamio efektas statusas T sritis Standartizacija ir metrologija apibrėžtis Atmosferos CO₂ poveikis Žemės paviršiaus temperatūrai. atitikmenys: angl. greenhouse effect vok. Treibhauseffekt, m rus. парниковый эффект, m pranc. effet de serre, m …
15greenhouse effect — šiltnamio efektas statusas T sritis chemija apibrėžtis Atmosferos CO₂ poveikis Žemės paviršiaus temperatūrai. atitikmenys: angl. greenhouse effect rus. парниковый эффект …
16greenhouse effect — šiltnamio efektas statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. greenhouse effect vok. Treibhauseffekt, m rus. парниковый эффект, m pranc. effet de serre, m …
17greenhouse effect — šiltnamio efektas statusas T sritis ekologija ir aplinkotyra apibrėžtis Žemės atmosferos geba praleisti Saulės ir sulaikyti Žemės spinduliuotę (pakelti jos paviršiaus ir pažeminio oro sluoksnio temperatūrą). Dėl atmosferos taršos šiltnamio… …
18greenhouse effect — greenhouse ef.fect n [singular] the gradual warming of the air surrounding the Earth as a result of heat being trapped by ↑pollution →↑global warming …
19greenhouse effect — the name for the system by which the earth retains some insolation. One of the fundamental preconditions for the development of life. Without it temperatures would be too low for water to be anything other than ice, and organisms could not… …
20greenhouse effect — green′house effect n. mer heating of the atmosphere resulting from the absorption by certain gases of solar energy that has been captured and reradiated by the earth s surface …
