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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.

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        It has long been clear to climate scientists that greenhouse warming will affect business.
        Reuters
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        But scientists are careful not to blame all of Harvey's destruction on greenhouse warming.
        Wired
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        So enough greenhouse warming can help Earth-like life get going, but too much may create unsuitable conditions.
        What does a martian look like?
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        An army trained to go out and spread iron on the ocean in case of extreme greenhouse warming?
        Wired
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        Just a million years earlier, the planet had been devastated by a gargantuan eruption of natural gas, which caused unprecedented greenhouse warming.
        The Guardian
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        In a carbon sink, the carbon stays locked up in living trees instead of being released into the atmosphere to create greenhouse warming.
        Reuters
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        And for another example, the mismatch in physics between solar-geoengineering-driven cooling and greenhouse warming means that precipitation can decline even if temperature stays the same.
        Wired