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greenhouse warming

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Noun1.greenhouse warming - warming that results when solar radiation is trapped by the atmospheregreenhouse warming - 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
greenhouse effect
atmospheric phenomenon - a physical phenomenon associated with the atmosphere
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