global warming

[ gloh-buhl wawrm-ing ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

an increase in the earth's average atmospheric temperature that causes corresponding changes in climate, as a consequence of the greenhouse effect.

global warming

an increase in the average temperature worldwide believed to be caused by the greenhouse effect

global warming

An increase in the average temperature of the Earth's atmosphere, especially a sustained increase great enough to cause changes in the global climate. The Earth has experienced numerous episodes of global warming through its history, and currently appears to be undergoing such warming. The present warming is generally attributed to an increase in the greenhouse effect , brought about by increased levels of greenhouse gases , largely due to the effects of human industry and agriculture. Expected long-term effects of current global warming are rising sea levels, flooding, melting of polar ice caps and glaciers, fluctuations in temperature and precipitation, more frequent and stronger El Niños and La Niñas, drought, heat waves, and forest fires.
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global warming

The term attached to the notion that the Earth 's temperature is increasing due to the greenhouse effect .

Whether global warming is actually happening is a subject of scientific debate.

First recorded in 1975–80

Yellowstone grizzly bears face the two greatest threats to their survival in our lifetime: global warming and the U.S. government.

And, always, global warming could push the cutworm moths north, out of the park, by heating up the region.

He echoed Dick Cheney about global warming and said, “We should be concentrating on ISIS.”

As if the problem is the money going to the scientists who do believe in global warming!

There you have it: Global warming is trying to kill your tequila buzz.

But our most fateful new challenge is the threat of global warming.

The greatest environmental challenge of the new century is global warming.

April 19, 2024tortuous

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