climate change
Other forms: climate changes
The shifting weather patterns caused mainly by carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is known as climate change. Reducing fossil fuels is one way to slow climate change.
When the average weather conditions in a certain place change significantly over a long time period, that's climate change. Naturally occurring climate change is what melted the glaciers that once covered much of North America. Currently, Earth's climate is changing as a result of human activity, and the results include warmer temperatures, rising sea levels, and more intense storms. Fighting climate change is a daunting but important goal.
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a change in the world's climatesynonyms: global climate changetype of:temperature changea process whereby the degree of hotness of a body (or medium) changes
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Vocabulary lists containing climate change
If you've got your head in the clouds, this list of words related to weather and climate will be like a ray of sunshine. Review forms of precipitation, temperature, climate change, and more. You don't need to be a meteorologist to know that the forecast calls for vocabulary!
If you've got your head in the clouds, this list of words related to weather and climate will be like a ray of sunshine. Review forms of precipitation, types of clouds, climate change, the atmosphere, and more. You don't need to be a meteorologist to know that the forecast calls for vocabulary!
