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Phrases with «greenhouse impact»

The greenhouse effect refers to the process where certain gases in the atmosphere trap heat from the sun and prevent it from escaping back into space. This causes the Earth to warm up, similar to how heat is trapped inside a greenhouse. Full definition

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Sentences with «greenhouse impact»

  • A list of things that can be done to reduce greenhouse impact is given on another page; many of them would also save money. (ramblingsdc.net)
  • In many areas, estimates of greenhouse impacts of different fuels are so murky that it's impossible to find a bedrock standard for comparisons. (dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com)
  • Environmentalists» statements about the massive greenhouse impact from oil - sand carbon don't mention that it would take a millennium or more, even at a breath - taking rate of extraction of, say, 5 million barrels a day, for that CO2 impact to be fully realized (as if no new energy options, or methods for sopping up CO2, will arise in the future), as pointed out by Andrew Leach last June: (dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com)
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