Phenomenon whereby the surface and the lower atmosphere of a planet are maintained at a relatively high temperature owing to the greater transparency of the atmosphere to visible radiation from the sun than to infrared radiation from the planet. It is so-called because the heating of Earth's atmosphere is loosely analogous to the glass of a greenhouse letting light in but not letting heat out. The term is often used to refer specifically to the increased magnitude of this effect occuring in the modern age in the context of global warming: Gases from the burning of fossil fuels and other sources, including water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, and chlorofluorocarbons, absorb infared radiation and prevent its energy from leaving the Earth, resulting in the increasing mean global surface temperature.

greenhouse effect(P,,U,English-P,D,U,N)
溫室效應(P,,U,Chinese (traditional)-P,D,U,U)
wen shih hsiao ying(P,,U,Chinese (transliterated Wade-Giles)-P,UF,U,U)
wēn shì xiào yìng(P,,U,Chinese (transliterated Hanyu Pinyin)-P,UF,U,U)
wen shi xiao ying(P,,U,Chinese (transliterated Pinyin without tones)-P,UF,U,U)

Top of the AAT hierarchies
....Associated Concepts Facet
........Associated Concepts
............<environmental concepts>
................greenhouse effect

resulting thing(s) are....	global warming
causative action is....	greenhouse gases

Chinese (traditional)....	氣層接收到的太陽輻射，再吸收地球反射的紅外線，可讓地球表面及低層大氣維持一定高溫。地球的大氣層好比溫室玻璃，可讓陽光透入，卻不讓熱能外流。現今多用指日益嚴重的全球暖化效應：由於燃燒化石燃料及水蒸氣、二氧化碳、甲烷、及氟氯碳化物等產生排放的氣體，經過紅外綫輻射吸收留住能量，導致全球表面溫度升高。

greenhouse effect............	[VP]
.................	Oxford English Dictionary Online (2002-) accessed 17 December 2007
.................	USGS, Science for a Changing World [online] (2005-) accessed 17 December 2007
.................	AATA database (1995-) 158188 checked 26 January 2012
.................	Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) accessed 17 December 2007
溫室效應............	[AS-Academia Sinica]
.................	朗文當代大辭典 p. 763
.................	國立編譯館學術名詞資訊網 July 23, 2009
wen shih hsiao ying............	[AS-Academia Sinica]
.................	TELDAP database (2009-)
wēn shì xiào yìng............	[AS-Academia Sinica]
.................	TELDAP database (2009-)
wen shi xiao ying............	[AS-Academia Sinica]
.................	TELDAP database (2009-)
Subject:............	[AS-Academia Sinica]
.................	AATA database (1995-) 158188 checked 26 January 2012

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ASDC Union Catalog： greenhouse effect 、溫室效應 、wen shih hsiao ying 、wēn shì xiào yìng 、wen shi xiao ying