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global warming

a slight but continuing increase in the temperature of the lower atmosphere, usually attributed to an intensifying of the greenhouse effect, that could lead to harmful climatic conditions

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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