How to Use greenhouse effect in a Sentence

greenhouse effect

noun
  • Climate change is a result of a process known as the greenhouse effect.
    — Emily Hernandez, Teen Vogue, 17 July 2018
  • Use the sun’s rays to superheat the soil, using the greenhouse effect.
    — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 July 2022
  • That could cause a runaway greenhouse effect in the later part of the century.
    — Valerie Ross, Discover Magazine, 26 June 2012
  • Too much, and the world tips into a runaway greenhouse effect or becomes toxic.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 13 Sep. 2025
  • That was in the 1980s, before most people had even heard of the greenhouse effect.
    — Lizzy Davies, Wired, 4 Dec. 2021
  • In about a billion years, the sun will brighten up enough to boil away the oceans on Earth through a runaway greenhouse effect.
    — Avi Loeb, Scientific American, 30 Oct. 2020
  • The indoor atrium provides the ‘greenhouse effect’ and is home to a variety of plants.
    — Judy Garrison, Southern Living, 16 Oct. 2024
  • The gas contributes to the greenhouse effect, trapping heat and warming the planet.
    — Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 14 Mar. 2022
  • So any small greenhouse effect would allow the existence of liquid water.
    — The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 14 Feb. 2023
  • Young described heat gain as a greenhouse effect that occurs when sunlight comes through a window, making your room much hotter.
    — Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 2 July 2024
  • Both teams battled the conditions on a sweaty night in Kobe, where the roof created a kind of greenhouse effect.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Sep. 2019
  • That would lead to a nonstop greenhouse effect that would create its current toxic atmosphere.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 20 Sep. 2019
  • These gases can then speed up the greenhouse effect—heating the permafrost further and causing more emissions.
    — The Economist, 21 Sep. 2019
  • Less than one billion years ago, the climate dramatically changed due to a runaway greenhouse effect.
    — Paul Douglas, Star Tribune, 7 Jan. 2021
  • Each hour of propofol anesthesia generates the greenhouse effect of driving less than 1 mile.
    — Matthew J. Meyer, STAT, 11 Aug. 2021
  • Many human activities warm up the Earth through what is called the greenhouse effect, or the trapping of heat on Earth.
    — Chrystelle L. Vilfranc, The Indianapolis Star, 30 July 2021
  • Scientists have long warned that thawing permafrost will further contribute to the greenhouse effect.
    — Julia Musto, Fox News, 29 Nov. 2022
  • Scientists say the greenhouse effect, which helps keep the Earth warm, is now creating too much heat, especially at the poles.
    — USA Today, 12 Sep. 2022
  • Release of methane and nitrous oxide also contribute to the greenhouse effect.
    — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 14 Jan. 2023
  • The runaway greenhouse effect may play out here millions of years from now, making Venus the looking glass into Earth’s future.
    — Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Feb. 2024
  • The figures don’t include other factors that scientists say increase the greenhouse effect from flying.
    — Washington Post, 20 June 2019
  • Going greenhouse Half of the judge’s questions relate to how the greenhouse effect actually works.
    — Scott K. Johnson, Ars Technica, 19 Mar. 2018
  • Carbon dioxide has a warming effect on the atmosphere and the planet, creating a greenhouse effect by trapping heat from the sun.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 1 Apr. 2020
  • Each hour of desflurane anesthesia can create a greenhouse effect greater than driving 220 miles.
    — Matthew J. Meyer, STAT, 11 Aug. 2021
  • The air inside a vehicle can jump that much in a matter of minutes, even if the windows are partially open, because the windshield has a greenhouse effect.
    — Matt Campbell, kansascity, 25 June 2018
  • Beyond the immediate safety concerns, the leaks contribute to the greenhouse effect that has been warming the planet for decades.
    — Scott Dance, baltimoresun.com, 18 Sep. 2019
  • The land is sinking, still reacting to the collapse of glaciers thousands of years ago, and waters are rising, as the greenhouse effect from emissions warms oceans and melts polar ice.
    — Scott Dance, baltimoresun.com, 1 Nov. 2019
  • In the absence of any greenhouse effect, its surface ought to have an average temperature of -8 degrees centigrade.
    — The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 14 Feb. 2023
  • When these carbon-rich ecosystems burn, vast amounts of heat-trapping gases are released back into the atmosphere, contributing to the greenhouse effect.
    — Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 13 Nov. 2020
  • These emissions also contribute to the greenhouse effect that is warming the planet, which in turn creates the conditions for more ozone pollution.
    — Meris Lutz, ajc, 21 Sep. 2022

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