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Rising temperatures refers to the gradual increase in average heat levels, typically in discussions of climate and global warming.
The phrase appears constantly in environmental contexts: Rising temperatures are causing glaciers to melt, Scientists warn that rising temperatures will intensify extreme weather.
It can also describe more immediate situations: Rising temperatures in the server room triggered an alarm.
- global warmingRising planetary temperatures
- climate changePlanetary atmospheric transformation
- extreme weatherUnusual, dangerous atmospheric events
- heat waveExtended extreme warmth
- heatwaveProlonged abnormally high temperatures
melting ice · ice caps · sweating · hot under the collar · running a fever · fever · thermometer · greenhouse · carbon · drought · scorching · sweltering · humidity · polar bears · wildfires · sea levels · mercury · boiling
- Climate Changeglobal warming, greenhouse gases, climate change, carbon dioxide, CO2
- climate impactsglobal warming, extreme weather, sea level rise, glacier melt, melting glaciers
- Reef Threatscoral bleaching, ocean acidification, overfishing, sedimentation, ocean warming
rising temperaturescold snap
Brief period of bitter chill
temperature drop · cooling · cooling off · chill · freeze
rising temperaturesglobal cooling
Theorized planetary temperature decrease
ice age · glaciation · Little Ice Age · glacial period · cooling period
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