greenhouse
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greenhouses
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Origin of greenhouse
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The next step is to determine whether the engineered receptors can provide effective protection in whole plants grown under controlled greenhouse conditions.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2026
The Brazilian lawsuit also cites Shell's past record, including an internal company report from 1986 that acknowledged fossil fuels' role in increasing greenhouse gas emissions and global warming.
From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 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
Even accounting for fishmeal and transportation to the U.S., the production of certain farmed fish, including tilapia and Atlantic salmon, emits less greenhouse gas per pound than beef or pork.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
Because then look at us: we’d both be sitting in the greenhouse, making a mess, and who would clean it up?
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
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
My late father-in-law loved orchids, and in his decadeslong passion he built and maintained two large greenhouses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 13, 2026
An hour's drive north of New York City, the greenhouses at Cropsey Farm are seeing their first leaves of kale, spinach and arugula emerge.
From Barron's ● Apr. 11, 2026
Professor Sprout headed off into the gathering darkness in the direction of her greenhouses, and Slughorn directed his steps to the spot where Harry stood, invisible.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
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