global dimming

English

Etymology

From global +‎ dimming, modelled on global warming.

Noun

global dimming (uncountable)

1. 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

decline of the intensity of the sunlight reaching the Earth's surface

• Dutch: mondiale zonsverduistering f, globaal dimeffect, global dimming f