Sentences with phrase «greenhouse lets in light»

Much like the glass / plastic roof of a greenhouse lets in light and solar heat and keeps it in so the plants in the greenhouse will heat up and grow.

The glass panels of the greenhouse let in light but keep.

Not exact matches

Just like the glass in a plant greenhouse, carbon dioxide in the air lets light pass through.

Because many gases in Earth's atmosphere also let in light but trap heat, scientists have come to call the phenomenon the «greenhouse effect.»

Many greenhouses are made of plastic which let the long wave lengths in the light spectrum through in any case.

So in effect, carbon dioxide lets the light energy in, but doesn't let all of the heat energy out, similar to a greenhouse.

The interview was largely light and fluffy, letting Pruitt spout his talking points with little pushback, including a false claim that Congress would have to change the law in order for the EPA to regulate greenhouse gases.

In a greenhouse people grow plants under the protection of glass or plastic which lets the light come through for the plants to grow, while protecting the plants from cold.

Steel shells, mirrors, blankets, they are all fine metaphors but I have always felt they failed at getting to the heart of how the greenhouse effect works i.e. letting light in at one frequency and rejecting it at others.

Because they act in a similar way to the glass panes of a greenhouse (ie letting in more light radiation from the Sun than they let infrared radiation out), they have been nicknamed «greenhouse gases».