Assertion: carbon dioxide | /r/CapableOf | prevent heat
Facets:
value: from escaping back as thermal radiation
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: The conclusion rests on basic physics known since the 19th century, when physical scientists first recognized that carbon dioxide, then a recently discovered gas, could act as a sort of greenhouse, preventing heat introduced by the Sun from escaping back as thermal radiation into space—the “greenhouse effect.