global warming
noun
: an increase in the earth's atmospheric and oceanic temperatures widely predicted to occur due to an increase in the greenhouse effect resulting especially from pollution
A Russian-owned tanker, built to traverse the frozen waters of the Arctic, completed a journey in record time from Europe to Asia this month, auguring the future of shipping as global warming melts sea ice.—
Russell Goldman
Russell GoldmanDebates about stem cells, global warming, and alternative energy might be less contentious if the scientific issues behind them were better understood.—Elizabeth Gettelman
Elizabeth GettelmanThe development is also meant to boost tourism in Zermatt, which, like many Alpine towns worried about the effects of global warming on winter tourism, is exploring ways to draw visitors throughout the year.—Jim Rendon
Jim Rendon… I think it makes a compelling case, at least for most audiences, that humans are the cause of most of the global warming that is taking place, and that unless we take quick action the consequences for our planetary home could become irreversible.—Al Gore
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On Tuesday, eighty-six climate scientists delivered a four-hundred-page response to a Department of Energy report from July which had attempted to show that global warming is no big deal.
—Bill McKibben, New Yorker, 3 Sep. 2025
For the five-year period referenced above, there were 28 extremely hot and risky days for pregnant people in Florida – 19 of which were attributable to global warming.
—Jessica Meszaros, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2025
In 1975, Manabe published global warming simulations with this quasi-global model and again found stratospheric cooling.
—Nadir Jeevanjee, The Conversation, 3 Sep. 2025
The council doesn't have a military remit, but is more focused on other regional issues like global warming and pollution.
—Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Aug. 2025
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Bill McKibben, New Yorker, 3 Sep. 2025
For the five-year period referenced above, there were 28 extremely hot and risky days for pregnant people in Florida – 19 of which were attributable to global warming.
—Jessica Meszaros, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2025
In 1975, Manabe published global warming simulations with this quasi-global model and again found stratospheric cooling.
—Nadir Jeevanjee, The Conversation, 3 Sep. 2025
The council doesn't have a military remit, but is more focused on other regional issues like global warming and pollution.
—Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for global warming
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“Global warming.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/global%20warming. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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