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Give a 16 letter-word for the trapping of sun's heat in the Earth's atmosphere due to the presence of gases like carbon dioxide.

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the trapping of sun's heat in the Earth's atmosphere due to the presence of gases like carbon dioxide is called Greenhouse effect.
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