1) Cause of climate changes 2) Climate change 3) Climate change problem 4) Exclusively Anglo word 5) Exclusively Saxon word 6) Word of purely Anglo origin 7) Word with Anglo-Saxon origins
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A term used to describe the phenomenon of Earth’s rising average near-surface temperature. Although such fluctuations have occurred in the past due to natural causes, the term is most often used today to refer to current warming trends. Most scientists have concluded that this is very likely due to the observed increase in human-generated gre...
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[Noun] The increase in temperature due to gases around the Earth that stop heat escaping.
Example: If global warming carries on the temperature will rise gradually every year.
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An effect caused by the greenhouse effect characterized by a slight, continuous rise in the average temperature throughout the earth. This would cause extreme changes in climate, polar ice melt, and ecological havoc.
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Another term for 'greenhouse effect'.
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An increase in the near surface temperature of the earth; global warming is most often used to refer to the warming predicted to occur as a result of increased emissions of
greenhouse gases.
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An increase in the near surface temperature of the Earth. Global warming has occurred in the distant past as the result of natural influences, but the term is most often used to refer to the warming predicted to occur as a result of increased emissions of greenhouse gases. Scientists generally agree that the Earth's surface has warmed by about 1 de...
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An increase in the average temperature of the Earths atmosphere and oceans over time. This increase can cause changes in the Earths climate that can affect habitats and the plants and animals that live in them.
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(Living things in their environment) gradual increase in average temperature - the result of the greenhouse effect
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An overall rise in the temperature of the Earth's atmosphere; a projected result of the greenhouse effect.
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An increase in the average temperature of the Earth caused mainly by the increase in greenhouse gases.
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A theory that increased concentrations of greenhouse gases are causing an elevation in the Earth's surface temperature
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(GW) usually: the warming trend over the past century or so; also: any period in which the temperature of the Earth's atmosphere increases; also the theory of such changes.
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a planet-wide rise in temperature
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A significant, long-term increase in mean global temperatures (air or ocean) during the 20th century, and projected to continue into the future. Commonly used synonymously with climate change, but actually only a subset of the climatic parameters that is predicted to change.
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An increase in the near surface temperature of the Earth. Global warming has occurred in the distant past as the result of natural influences, but the term is most often used to refer to the warming predicted to occur as a result of increased emissions of greenhouse gases. Scientists generally agree that the Earth's surface has warmed by about 1 de...
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An average increase in the Earth's temperature, resulting in climate change such as different rainfall patterns, a rise in sea level, and a wide range of impacts on plants, wildlife, and humans. An increase in greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide, is thought to be a cause of global warming.
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A rise in global temperatures threatening wildlife and its habitat, often attributed to the burning of fossil fuels
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Certain natural and human-produced gases prevent the sun's energy from escaping back to space leading to an overall rise in the temperature of the Earth's atmosphere.
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an increase in the earth's atmospheric and oceanic temperatures widely predicted to occur due to an increase in the greenhouse effect supposedly resulting from pollution
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A popular term used to describe the increase in average global temperatures due to the greenhouse effect.
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A gradual increase in the average temperature of the Earth's climate, caused by the greenhouse effect.
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An increase in the near-surface temperature of the Earth. Global warming has occurred in the distant past as the result of natural influences, but the term is today most often used to refer to the warming some scientists predict will occur as a result of increased anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases.
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an increase in the earth's average atmospheric temperature that causes corresponding changes in climate and that may result from the greenhouse effect.
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a rise in the Earth's temperature, often used with respect to the observed increase since the early 20th century.
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