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The Environmental Glossary. Letter G +++ Popular Articles: 'Unconfined ground water', 'Greenhouse', 'Goat'

Greenhouse Barn

A Greenhouse Barn is Commonly referring to any of a group of hoop type barns with translucent or plastic covers over a tubular steel frame.

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Greenhouse effect

Deutsch: Treibhauseffekt / Español: Efecto Invernadero / Português: Efeito Estufa / Français: Effet de Serre / Italiano: Effetto Serra /

A greenhouse effect is the process that raises the temperature of air in the lower atmosphere due to Heat trapped by greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide,

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Greenhouse Gas

Deutsch: Treibhausgas / Español: Gas de efecto invernadero / Português: Gás de efeito estufa / Français: Gaz à effet de serre / Italiano: Gas serra /

A greenhouse gas is a gas involved in the greenhouse effect. So a Greenhouse Gas is any gas that absorbs infrared radiation in the atmosphere.

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Greenhouse gases

Deutsch: Treibhausgase / Español: Gases de efecto invernadero / Português: Gases de estufa / Français: Gaz à effet de serre / Italiano: Gas serra /

Greenhouse gases are the gases in the earth"s lower atmosphere (troposphere) that cause the greenhouse effect.

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Greenland

Deutsch: Grönland / Español: Groenlandia / Português: Gronelândia / Français: Groenland / Italiano: Groenlandia

Greenland in the environmental context refers to the world's largest non-continental island, located between the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. It is predominantly covered by the Greenland Ice Sheet, which has profound implications for global climate and sea-level rise due to its substantial ice mass.

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Greenway

A greenway is undeveloped land usually in cities, set aside or used for recreation or conservation.

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Grey Water

A Grey Water is Non-drinkable water that can be reused for irrigation, flushing toilets, and other purposes.

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Greywater

A greywater is wastewater from clothes washing machines, showers, bathtubs, hand washing, lavatories and sinks.

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Grid

Deutsch: Raster / Español: Cuadrícula / Português: Grade / Français: Grille / Italiano: Griglia /

A grid is a data structure commonly used to represent map features. A cellular-based data structure composed of Cells or pixels arranged in rows and columns (also called a "raster"). Grid means A geographical zone for reporting and displaying emissions information. Grid sizes vary depending on their use. For example 100 km has been used for displaying emissions maps of Canada, but for ambient air quality modeling, grid sizes of 4 km or even 1 km may be used.

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Grid enhancement

A grid enhancement is Increasing the grid density, a method for augmenting the sample.

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