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Preferred term

greenhouse effect

Is replaced by

greenhouse effect

Definition

[GEMET] The warming of the Earth's atmosphere caused by the increasing concentration of atmospheric gases, such as water vapour and carbon dioxide. These gases absorb radiation emitted by the Earth, thus slowing down the loss of radiant energy from the Earth back to space.

Broader concept

deprecated concept

Scope note

MS Academic Keywords

Creator

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2195-3997

URI

http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/msa0518

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Created 8/3/16, last modified 1/13/23

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