greenhouse warming

Definitions of greenhouse warming
  1. noun
    warming that results when solar radiation is trapped by the atmosphere; caused by atmospheric gases that allow sunshine to pass through but absorb heat that is radiated back from the warmed surface of the earth
    synonyms: greenhouse effect
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    type of:
    atmospheric phenomenon
    a physical phenomenon associated with the atmosphere
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