Greenhouse gases
From Library of Congress Subject Headings
Greenhouse gases
- Here are entered works on gases that are present in or added to the atmosphere, such as water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, ozone, and chlorofluorocarbons, and that absorb radiation and increase atmospheric temperature.
URI(s)
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh90000985
- info:lc/authorities/sh90000985
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh90000985#concept
Instance Of
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Variants
- GHGs (Greenhouse gases)
- Heat-trapping gases
Broader Terms
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Sources
- found: Work cat.: Energy technologies for reducing emissions of greenhouse gases : Proceedings ... April 1989 (Greenhouse gases)
- found: Chiotti, Q. The relative magnitude of the impacts and effects of GHG-related emission reductions, 1999.
- found: Nature Conservancy Web site, Mar. 26, 2007 ("Climate change is caused primarily by the release of heat-trapping gases -- mostly carbon dioxide -- produced by cars, trucks, power plants, industrial processes and deforestration. When these gases trap heat and the temperature on Earth rises, our ecological processes are difrectly affected.")
- notfound: Random House;McGraw-Hill dict. sci. tech.;NASA;INIS:Thes.;INSPEC;Dict. waste & water treatment;Gloss. air pollution
LC Classification
- TD885.5.G73
- TP244.G73
General Notes
- Here are entered works on gases that are present in or added to the atmosphere, such as water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, ozone, and chlorofluorocarbons, and that absorb radiation and increase atmospheric temperature.
Change Notes
- 2005-09-12: new
- 2007-04-27: revised
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