greenhouse effect
31Enhanced greenhouse effect — The natural greenhouse effect has been enhanced by anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases. Increased concentrations of carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide, CFCs, HFCs, PFCs, SF6, NF3, and other photochemically important gases caused …
32enhanced greenhouse effect — noun → greenhouse effect (def. 2b) …
33Greenhouse Solutions with Sustainable Energy — is a 2007 book by Australian academic Dr Mark Diesendorf. The book puts forward a setof policies and strategies for implementing the most promising clean energy technologies by all spheres of government, business and community organisations.… …
34greenhouse gas — UK US noun [C or U] ENVIRONMENT ► one of several gases, especially carbon dioxide, that prevent heat from the earth escaping into space, causing the greenhouse effect: »We need a global system for limiting greenhouse gas emissions. »Radical steps …
35Greenhouse (disambiguation) — Greenhouse may refer to:*Greenhouse, an indoor covered place where plants are grown and cultivated *Operation Greenhouse, a 1951 series of nuclear tests. *Greenhouse (automotive term), an automotive term. *Greenhouse debt, the measure to which… …
36greenhouse gas — greenhouse gases N VAR Greenhouse gases are the gases which are responsible for causing the greenhouse effect. The main greenhouse gas is carbon dioxide …
37greenhouse gas — greenhouse ,gas noun count a gas that stops heat from escaping from the atmosphere and causes the greenhouse effect. Carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas …
38greenhouse — [grēn′hous΄] n. a building made mainly of glass, in which the temperature and humidity can be regulated for the cultivation of delicate or out of season plants adj. of or contributing to the greenhouse effect [greenhouse gases] …
39greenhouse gas — greenhouse .gas n a gas, especially ↑carbon dioxide or ↑methane, that is thought to trap heat above the Earth and cause the greenhouse effect …
40greenhouse — 1660s, from GREEN (Cf. green) + HOUSE (Cf. house). Greenhouse effect attested from 1937 …
