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The modification of climates that would result from the retention of an increased proportion of terrestrial radiation by certain atmospheric gases emitted mainly as by-products of human activities (i.e. an anthropogenically induced greenhouse effect).
(From A Dictionary of Ecology in Science)

An increase in the average temperature of the Earth, primarily because of the rise in concentration of various greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
(From A Dictionary of Weather in Science)

A ranking of the absorptive capacity of the principal greenhouse gases expressed as the atmospheric warming effect of each compared with that of carbon dioxide, which is given a value of 1.
(From A Dictionary of Earth Sciences in Science)

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