global dimming
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English
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Etymology
[edit]global + dimming, modelled on global warming.
Noun
[edit]- 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
[edit]decline of the intensity of the sunlight reaching the Earth's surface
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