global cooling

noun

Meaning

A hypothesis that the Earth's average temperature would decrease significantly over a period of time.

Examples

The theory of global cooling gained brief media attention in the mid-1970s.
Scientific consensus eventually shifted away from global cooling as evidence for warming became clearer.

Synonyms: climate change, global warming, ice age, glaciation

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global cooling

noun

Pronunciation: /ˈɡloʊbəl ˈkuːlɪŋ/

Definition

A hypothesis that the Earth's average temperature would decrease significantly over a period of time.

Examples

The theory of global cooling gained brief media attention in the mid-1970s.
Scientific consensus eventually shifted away from global cooling as evidence for warming became clearer.
Historians often study the public perception of global cooling to understand how climate science was communicated in the past.

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Antonyms of global cooling

Words with the opposite meaning to global cooling:

global warming

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