climate change

[ klahy-mit cheynj ]

noun
  1. 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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Origin of climate change

1
First recorded in 1980–85

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