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单词 climate canary
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climate canary


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  1. 1
    an unexpected change in something from the natural world which is caused by climate change, and which indicates that much bigger environmental problems are likely in the future
    As 2015 closes, it is easy to feel daunted by the future - even overwhelmed. In a year that saw the world pass the historic 400PPM of atmospheric carbon for the first time in a long time, and with global temperature records seeming to be broken on a now regular basis, it is easy to feel alarmed by the mounting climate canary.
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    Kerry on 18/03/2016

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    The expression climate canary seems to have been around since about 2000, though it has gained currency in the past year or so, with the increasingly high-profile concept of climate change fuelling (no pun intended!) a wider range of eco-sensitive terminology, including carbon neutral and food mile.

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