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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere, especially a sustained increase sufficient to cause climatic change.
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- noun A
sustained increase in theaverage temperature of theearth ,sufficient to causeclimate change .
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- noun an increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere (especially a sustained increase that causes climatic changes)
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kewpid commented on the word global warming
Sounds a lot more urgent than the deliberately benign "climate change".
December 9, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word global warming
Actually, though I agree with your assessment of its sound, climate change is the more scientifically accurate of the two terms.
December 9, 2007
kewpid commented on the word global warming
Yes, that's true. They actually describe different things, so they shouldn't be used interchangeably.
December 10, 2007