global dimming en · NOUN
Etymology
From global + dimming, modelled on global warming.
Meanings
- (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.
Translations (3)
nl mondiale zonsverduistering (decline of the intensity of the sunlight reaching the Earth's surface) · nl globaal dimeffect (decline of the intensity of the sunlight reaching the Earth's surface) · nl global dimming (decline of the intensity of the sunlight reaching the Earth's surface)