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climate crisis

[ klahy-mit krahy-sis ]

noun

, Climatology.
  1. a critical situation in which long-term change in the earth’s climate has severe adverse effects on the environment, necessitating immediate and bold countermeasures:

    Brewers are taking notice as the climate crisis decimates Europe’s barley crops.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of climate crisis1

First recorded in 1985–90
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Example Sentences

Vox also catalogues the many Republicans, from Newt Gingrich to George W. Bush, who publicly talked about the climate crisis.

This pessimism may be the most realistic view of the climate crisis.

Will the impacts described above be the peak of the climate crisis, to be followed by a period of recovery and rejuvenation?

The climate crisis, however, is also a threat—though it is of a different nature altogether.

Indeed, more than a few top U.S. military leaders have already designated the climate crisis as a national security issue.

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