I. adjective
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global warming
warming pan
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Indeed, infra-red light is chiefly responsible for the general warming effect of solar radiation.
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Long before dawn, I was propped on an elbow, with a warming mug of tea and a few verses of Romans.
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Meredith's resentment was replaced by a warming sense of friendliness.
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The Good Food Fast recipes on page 143 provide warming ideas to please vegetarians and meat-eaters alike.
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This temporarily exceeds the warming impact of the greenhouse effect.
II. noun
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■ ADJECTIVE
global
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Existing models of global warming have not taken this into account, according to Cox.
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Reduce global warming by wearing a woolly hat.
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The seminar is intended to educate them on climatic change and global warming .
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However, it has not yet been established that global warming is due to excessive combustion of fossil fuels.
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The Panel is also looking at ways of tackling global warming using legal methods.
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They have taken as read the scientific conclusions of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change that global warming is a real threat.
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Environmentalists stressed the importance of energy efficiency as offering the best prospect of limiting global warming .
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This raises the possibility that global warming may be a contributing factor.
■ VERB
cause
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Some oceanographers believe that the bleaching effect is being caused by global warming .
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Flooded Farmland prophesies rising seas caused by global warming .
contribute
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Because the production of most forms of power produces so-called greenhouse gases that contribute to global warming .
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Lately, there has been a warming in U.S.-Chinese relations.
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Scientists predict a gradual warming of the Earth caused by pollution.
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Carbon Dioxide An increase in the amount of carbon dioxide is responsible for about half the total warming .
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Half a decade on, global warming has become the biggest environment story.
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He lost battles with the chief of staff, John Sununu, over global warming and wetland preservation.
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Such as global warming - and the West using less of the oil that the Gulf crisis is actually all about.
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These will all reduce emissions from fossil fuels and so help combat global warming and acid deposition.
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They suggest that forecasts of warming may have to revised downwards.
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Washington continues to challenge the scientific claim that global warming is in part caused by emissions of carbon dioxide.
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Whether the continued global warming and associated changes in atmospheric circulation will occur steadily is unknown.