Klimawandel

German

Etymology

Klima (“climate”) +‎ Wandel (“transformation, change”)

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Noun

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  1. climate change (any large-scale, long-term climate change)
    Synonym: Klimaveränderung
  2. (particularly) climate change (anthropogenic changes since the onset of the industrialization)
    Synonyms: Klimaveränderung; (in colloquial usage) Klimaerwärmung
    • 2010, Der Spiegel‎, number 2/2010, page 125:
      Kohlendioxid trägt durch seine Menge mehr als jedes andere Treibhausgas zum Klimawandel bei, doch seine Konzentration in der Luft beträgt weniger als 0,04 Prozent.
      Carbon dioxide contributes by its amount more than any other greenhouse gas to climate change, but its concentration in the air is less than 0.04 percent.

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