global dimming

English

Etymology

global +‎ dimming, modelled on global warming.

Noun

global dimming (uncountable)

A worldwide decline, during the last few decades, of the intensity of the sunlight reaching the Earth's surface, caused by particulate air pollution. Such dimming has a dampening effect on global warming.

Translations

decline of the intensity of the sunlight reaching the Earth's surface

Dutch: mondiale zonsverduistering f, globaal dimeffect, global dimming f

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