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greenhouse gas

heat-trapping gas in a planet's atmosphere
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Summary

greenhouse gas ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,179 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Physically interacts with: atmosphere of Earth[2]
  • Subclass of: air pollutant[3], radiatively active gas[4]
  • Commons category: Greenhouse gases[5]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Greenhouse gases[6]
  • Has effect: extreme weather[7], greenhouse effect[8], global warming[9]
  • Short name: GHG[10]
  • Studied by: environmental science[11], climatology[12]
  • Active ingredient in: greenhouse gas emissions[13]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Climate change[14]

Why It Matters

greenhouse gas has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] It is known by 98 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

Related Entities

climatology environmental science

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 29d ago · Zache · 2026-09-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14864 → kasvihuonekaa
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14864: kasvihuonekaa, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1789608241467"
  2. 8w ago · SLuecke · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Verbaalpina id → C19342
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Verbaalpina id: C19342, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1786955435161"
  3. 11w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → greenhouse-gases
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: greenhouse-gases, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289934465|greenhouse gases (#289934465)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harpe"
  4. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 4IBG8d, 2U7OMl, 1Sf6AP
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/41251|batch #41251]]: ZGBK ID"
  5. 13w ago · Mullanur · 2026-07-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Fandom article id → future:Greenhouse_gases
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Fandom article id: future:Greenhouse_gases"
  6. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0005354-sklenikove-plyny
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0005354-sklenikove-plyny, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259493|batch #259493]]"
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