greenhouse gas

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greenhouse gas \ˈɡɹin.ˌhaʊs ˌɡæs\ (États-Unis), \ˈɡɹiːn.ˌhaʊs ˌɡæs\ (Royaume-Uni)

1. (Climatologie) (Écologie) Gaz à effet de serre.
   • They offer energy diversity and a substantial overall reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. — (The Economist, édition du 14-20 octobre 2006, p. 7)
   • But according to leading climate scientist Veerabhadran Ramanathan — credited with discovering that chlorofluorocarbons, or CFCs, are actually a greenhouse gas, among other major findings — a new study this week showing that clouds already are shifting their distributions across the Earth, and in a way predicted by climate change models, stands out. And not in a good way.— (Chris Mooney ‘The most singular of all the things that we have found': Clouds study alarms scientists, The Washington Post, le 14 juillet 2016)

• CO₂, carbon dioxide
• methane
• water vapor (souvent exclu)
• chlorofluorocarbon, CFC

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