Greenhouse effect: References & Edit History
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
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| Article title updated for style. | Nov 10, 2026 | ||
| Modified link of Web site: Chemistry LibreTexts - The Greenhouse Effect and Climate Change. | Oct 14, 2026 | ||
| Media added. | Feb 23, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: American Institute of Physics - The Carbon Dioxide Greenhouse Effect. | Jan 16, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: CORE - The Super Greenhouse Effect in a Changing Climate (PDF). | Oct 10, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: International Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Research - Greenhouse Effect and their impact on Global Warming (PDF). | Jul 19, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Greenhouse Impact Due to the Use of Combustible Fuels: Life Cycle Viewpoint and Relative Radiative Forcing Commitment. | Jun 07, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: IOPscience - Reports on Progress in Physics - The greenhouse effect and climate change revisited (PDF). | Apr 24, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: CiteSeerX - A Bayesian statistical analysis of the enhanced greenhouse effect (PDF). | Mar 01, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Digital Commons at Connecticut College - The greenhouse effect at the molecular level (PDF). | Jan 17, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Chemistry LibreTexts - The Greenhouse Effect and Climate Change. | Dec 07, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Climate Science Investigations, South Florida - Energy: The Driver of Climate - The Greenhouse Effect. | Oct 30, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Live Science - What is the Greenhouse Effect? | Sep 18, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: British Geological Survey - The greenhouse effect. | Jul 27, 2024 | ||
| Media added. | Apr 18, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Natural Resources Defense Council - Greenhouse Effect. | Aug 27, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of California Museum of Paleontology - Understanding Global Change - Greenhouse effect. | May 23, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Library of Economics and Liberty - Greenhouse Effect. | Mar 04, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Geographic - Education - Greenhouse Effect. | Jan 06, 2023 | ||
| Changed “0.3 to 4.8 °C (0.5 to 8.6 °F)” to “3–4 °C (5.4–7.2 °F).” | May 27, 2020 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Jan 24, 2018 | ||
| Add new Web site: University Corporation for Atmospheric Research - Kids Crossing - Living in the Green House. | Feb 02, 2017 | ||
| Projected temperature increases for the year 2100 due to global warming changed from "1.4 to 5.8 °C (2.5 to 10.4 °F)" to "0.3 to 4.8 °C (0.5 to 8.6 °F)." | Aug 07, 2015 | ||
| Text describing the origin of the term "greenhouse effect" added. |
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Jul 29, 2015 | |
| Add new Web site: Australian Government - Department of the Environment and Energy - Greenhouse effect. | Feb 25, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Indian Child - The Greenhouse Effect. | Feb 25, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences - Greenhouse Gas and the Greenhouse Effect. | Feb 25, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Geographic - Education - Greenhouse Effect. | Mar 26, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - What is the Greenhouse Effect. | Mar 26, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: India Parenting - The Greenhouse Effect. | Sep 14, 2012 | ||
| Video explaining the relationship between greenhouse gases and climate change added. | Nov 10, 2011 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Virtual Chembook of Elmhurst College - Greenhouse Gases. | Jun 23, 2011 | ||
| Added video describing the greenhouse effect. | Mar 01, 2011 | ||
| Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Science - What Is The Greenhouse Effect? | Dec 25, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Hyperphysics - Greenhouse Effect. | Jun 30, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: UCAR Center for Science Education - The Greenhouse Effect. | Nov 12, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: Global Climate Change - Greenhouse Effect. | Nov 12, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: Global Climate Change - Greenhouse Effect. | Nov 12, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: The Electronic Universe - Greenhouse Effect. | Nov 12, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: The Electronic Universe - Greenhouse Effect. | Nov 12, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: PhysicalGeography.net - The Greenhouse Effect. | Nov 12, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: PhysicalGeography.net - The Greenhouse Effect. | Nov 12, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: UCAR Center for Science Education - The Greenhouse Effect. | Nov 12, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: Crystalinks - Greenhouse Effect. | Jun 28, 2007 | ||
| Media added. | Apr 13, 2006 | ||
| Article revised. | Apr 28, 2005 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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