Sentences with phrase «glass greenhouse»
A glass greenhouse is a type of building made mostly of glass, where plants and flowers are grown. The glass allows sunlight in, creating a warm and controlled environment for the plants to grow. Full definition
Set in an alternate present - day Russia where a city is kept under the titular glass greenhouse in a world of perpetual daylight in order to maximize crop production, it follows twin brothers Yarik and Dima.
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So, if you have two identical glass greenhouses with thermally isolated mercury thermometers at equilibrium in the sunlight [One with Air at Press =P, and the 2nd w / CO2 at Press =P], and you close the blinds — you will see the thermometer in the CO2 greenhouse retain its temperature longer — not because of any «global warming» type effect, but simply because Air conducts heat to the walls of the greenhouse better than Air does.
Its location in New Mexico spans 40 acres, and includes an expansive glass greenhouse and a 60,000 - square - foot distribution center.
For many crops more carbon dioxide means a rise in the rate of photosynthesis and, therefore, in growth; and with increased carbon dioxide some plants» use of water is more efficient, according to studies done in conventional glass greenhouses.
Like glass greenhouses, greenhouse gases allow sunlight to pass through unhindered, but trap heat radiation on its way out.
On Saturday morning we arrive for the Fiat Freakout Concorso at Milwaukee's Mitchell Park Conservatory, known colloquially as The Domes, thanks to three half - spherical glass greenhouses.
«You only need to spend the day in the incredible Gardens by the Bay to be blown away by the flower dome (the largest glass greenhouse in the world) and by the Cloud Forest, where you can marvel at the world's tallest indoor waterfall,» says Upton.
If you're a gardener you may just fall in love with the gorgeous glass greenhouse!
Earth's atmosphere, here in light blue, acts like the window on a glass greenhouse.
A glass greenhouse and an atmospheric greenhouse both involve a physical barrier that blocks the flow of heat, leading to a warmer temperature below the barrier.
A glass greenhouse works primarily by blocking convection, and an atmospheric greenhouse works primarily by blocking thermal radiation, and so the comparison is not exact.
The greenhouse effect takes its name from the glass greenhouse, which farmers have used for centuries, trapping heat to grow tomatoes and other plants that could not otherwise be grown in the colder regions of the world.
I've been trying to locate recycled windows and doors to make a 6 × 10 glass greenhouse.
A glass greenhouse works primarily by blocking convection, and an atmospheric greenhouse works primarily by blocking thermal radiation, and so the comparison is not exact.
A glass greenhouse and an atmospheric greenhouse both involve a physical barrier that blocks the flow of heat, leading to a warmer temperature below the barrier.