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Greenhouse Effect


   Weather TermDescription / Definition
   Greenhouse Effect Atmospheric heating caused by solar radiation being readily transmitted inward through the earth's atmosphere but longwave radiation less readily transmitted outward, due to absorption by certain gases in the atmosphere.


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