An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics
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A sort of → greenhouse effect in → stellar atmospheres where the deeper layers heat up due to overlying → opacity. The presence of numerous → bound-bound opacities of → metals amplifies the → scattering of → photons, in particular their → backscattering, forcing the → temperature to increase in order to conserve the radiation flux and the transport of energy from the interior to the outer parts of the atmosphere.

→ back; → warming; → effect.

An increase in the average → temperature of the Earth's → atmosphere that brings about climatic changes.

→ global; → warming.

The process of becoming warmer; a rising temperature. → backwarming, → heating.

→ warm; → -ing.