climate change
a long-term change in the earth's climate, especially a change due to an increase in the average atmospheric temperature: Melting glaciers imply that life in the Arctic is affected by climate change.
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How to use climate change in a sentence
Make sure your team looks outside of its sphere and opens the doors to people and organizations on the front lines of climate change who might otherwise have been outside the conversation.
Can Billionaires Really Save Us from Climate Disaster? | Heather Hansman | February 12, 2021 | Outside OnlineScents of standing water, sewage and trash leak from the VR headset, the aromas of unchecked climate change in an island nation.
Aromas can evoke beloved journeys — or voyages not yet taken | Jen Rose Smith | February 11, 2021 | Washington PostThe risk of both glacial lake outburst floods and freeze-thaw-related landslides in Asia’s high mountains has increased due to climate change.
Three things to know about the disastrous flood in India | Carolyn Gramling | February 9, 2021 | Science NewsA team of four developers hailing from Taiwan, Brazil, Mongolia and India helped farmers navigate climate change by using weather data to make more informed crop management decisions.
Except that the virus, like so many things before it — climate change, gun ownership — is now heavily interlaced with partisan political opinion.
What you’re saying when you say that covering the coronavirus is partisan | Philip Bump | February 9, 2021 | Washington Post
From Ann Coulter on Ebola to evangelicals on climate change, 2014 was full of award-worthy science denialism.
No cheers for those who push and vote against taking climate change seriously.
Sadly, this choice between growth and climate change may not be necessary.
It would be difficult to find an issue with less resonance with the vast majority of voters than climate change.
Your existence contributes to over-population, climate change, and species extinction.
The United States is committed to strengthening our energy security and confronting global climate change.
State of the Union Addresses of George W. Bush | George W. BushRecent climate change has placed these reservoirs in an arid environment.
Deserts | A. S. WalkerConsequently, mid-latitudes experienced alternating periods of temperate and tropical, or at least subtropical, climate change.
We will reverse the course of climate change and leave a cleaner, safer planet.
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