combat global warming

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• global warming — ˌglobal ˈwarming noun [uncountable] a general increase of world temperatures caused by increased amounts of Carbon Dioxide around the Earth: • An efficient policy to deal with global warming would be a tax on the carbon content of fuels. * * *… …   Financial and business terms

• Global warming game — An in game screenshot from Fate of the World, a global warming game A global warming game, also known as a climate game or a climate change game, is a type of serious game. As a serious game, it attempts to simulate and explore real life issues… …   Wikipedia

• global warming — noun an increase in the average temperature of the earth s atmosphere (especially a sustained increase that causes climatic changes) • Hypernyms: ↑heating, ↑warming * * * noun [noncount] : the recent increase in the world s temperature that is… …   Useful english dictionary

• Politics of global warming — UK campaign group Camp for Climate Action at Drax coal power station, 2006 The politics of …   Wikipedia

• Mitigation of global warming — involves taking actions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to enhance sinks aimed at reducing the extent of global warming. [ [http://www.ipcc.ch/pdf/glossary/ar4 wg3.pdf IPCC Glossary Working Group III, p. 818] ] This is in distinction to… …   Wikipedia

• Adaptation to global warming — and climate change is a response to climate change that seeks to reduce the vulnerability of natural and human systems to climate change effects.[1] Even if emissions are stabilized relatively soon, climate change and its effects will last many… …   Wikipedia

• combat */ — I UK [ˈkɒmbæt] / US [ˈkɑmˌbæt] noun Word forms combat : singular combat plural combats 1) [uncountable] fighting during a war fears of escalating combat in combat: servicemen killed in combat a) [countable/uncountable] a fight, especially an… …   English dictionary

• combat — com|bat1 [ kam,bæt ] noun * 1. ) uncount fighting during a war: fears of escalating combat in combat: soldiers killed in combat. a ) count or uncount a fight, especially an organized fight, between two people: unarmed combat (=without weapons) b… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• combat — [ˈkɒmˌbæt] noun [U] I fighting during a war servicemen killed in combat[/ex] combat forces/troops/aircraft[/ex] II verb [T] combat [ˈkɒmˌbæt] to try to stop something bad from happening or a bad situation from becoming worse the need for… …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• global dimming — /gloʊbəl ˈdɪmɪŋ/ (say glohbuhl diming) noun the gradual reduction in the level of energy from the sun reaching the earth s surface as a result of reflection from increasing amounts of particulate matter, such as soot, dust, etc., in the… …  

• Changement Climatique Global — Réchauffement climatique  Cet article concerne réchauffement climatique. Pour les variations cycliques de l histoire du climat, voir changement climatique …   Wikipédia en Français