climate change
noun
: significant and long-lasting change in the Earth's climate and weather patterns
The half-tonne … turtles were thought to have died out 30,000 to 40,000 years ago because of climate change.—
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especially, in current use
: such change associated with global warming
Concerns about greenhouse gas emissions and global climate change are renewed among scientists and the public with every new report about the possibility of melting icecaps and rising temperatures. —Randy Showstack
Randy Showstack Drought is a paleontological fact in the American West, but the latest desiccations have a new signature, and my region's climatologists, hydrologists, foresters, and water managers are nearly unanimous in their conviction that what we are seeing now is climate change, the anthropogenic kind, a consequence of too much CO2 and other greenhouse gases. —Kenneth Brower
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With its Citizen Solutions project, the group has also brought together 11 people to discuss gun rights and safety in Tennessee and plans to work in other states on issues like immigration, education and climate change.
—Maayan Silver, NPR, 24 May 2024
Concern over climate change is growing rapidly, as is the public’s interest in addressing it.
—Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 24 May 2024
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Maayan Silver, NPR, 24 May 2024
Concern over climate change is growing rapidly, as is the public’s interest in addressing it.
—Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 24 May 2024
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“Climate change.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/climate%20change. Accessed 1 Jun. 2024.
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