climate crisis

[ klahy-mit krahy-sis ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Climatology.

a critical situation in which long-term change in the earth’s climate has severe adverse effects on the environment, necessitating immediate and bold countermeasures:
Brewers are taking notice as the climate crisis decimates Europe’s barley crops.

First recorded in 1985–90

Vox also catalogues the many Republicans, from Newt Gingrich to George W. Bush, who publicly talked about the climate crisis.

This pessimism may be the most realistic view of the climate crisis.

Will the impacts described above be the peak of the climate crisis, to be followed by a period of recovery and rejuvenation?

The climate crisis, however, is also a threat—though it is of a different nature altogether.

Indeed, more than a few top U.S. military leaders have already designated the climate crisis as a national security issue.

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