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greenhouse

[green-haus] / ˈgrinˌhaʊs /


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They said the British energy giant should be held responsible because of its past and current greenhouse gas emissions associated with exploration, production and sale of fossil fuels.

From Barron's ● Oct. 10, 2026

Yet bogs are fragile, and as they are drained, burned or dug up to gather fuel or create more land for agriculture, they release millennia of stored greenhouse gases into the air.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

The findings, published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, could provide researchers with another tool for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and addressing climate change, Stylianou said.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 2026

They resumed digging at a sprawling and decaying property, shifting the focus from a battered greenhouse that was the center of attention Tuesday to an area nearer a home.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026

We walked through the greenhouse aisles, running our hands along the petals, stopping only when we reached that one empty spot.

From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller

With far less leisure time and diminished income, recreational facilities are turned over to food production, notably small-scale greenhouses and vertical farming for producing varied fruits, vegetables, nuts and legumes.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

Satellite data from University of Copenhagen academics, published in the journal Nature Food, showed that some 60% of the world’s greenhouses were in China in 2019, dramatically increasing fruit and vegetable yields.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

He said, due to the former presence of greenhouses on the land, which then were destroyed and buried under a layer of top soil, it was reverted to agricultural designation.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

The Park Service gathered seeds from the landscape, grew them in greenhouses and planted them in the preserve in 2020 and 2021 when they were 2 to 3 years old, Polyakov said.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026

All the buildings except the greenhouses are made of the same dark wood, unpainted, rough.

From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth


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