The Emergence Machine

Greenhouse Effect

abstract · Ecology · Level 7 · E0

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Emergence definition

Warming of Earth's atmosphere caused by greenhouse gases trapping heat reflected from the surface.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “greenhouse effect” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Historical origin

Origin word
greenhouse effect
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

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Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Greenhouse L5 (requires)
    The Greenhouse Effect: A process where certain gases in the atmosphere trap heat from the sun, warming the planet by preventing it from being released back into space.
  • Climate L6 (requires)
    Climate-related concept depends on climate
  • Gas L6 (requires) polysemous
    The Greenhouse Effect: A process where certain gases in the atmosphere trap heat from the sun, warming the planet by preventing it from being released back into space.