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ecocatastrophe

American  
[ek-oh-kuh-tas-truh-fee, ee-koh-] / ˌɛk oʊ kəˈtæs trə fi, ˌi koʊ- /

noun

Ecology.
  1. a disaster caused by changes in the environment.


Etymology

Origin of ecocatastrophe

First recorded in 1965–70; eco- + catastrophe

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Other elegiac poets, other poets of ecocatastrophe, revel in sensory detail, or else pursue scrambled language for chaotic times.

From New York Times Apr. 15, 2022

Only this year was the scope of the resulting ecocatastrophe revealed to the world.

From Time Magazine Archive

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