PREFERRED TERM
abrupt climate changes
DEFINITION
- THROUGHOUT RECORDED HISTORY, and in studies of geological and other records from much earlier periods of the Earth's history, there have been a number of abrupt climate changes. These significant and widespread shifts in climate heavily impacted many parts of the world. [Source: Encyclopedia of Global Warming and Climate Change; Abrupt Climate Changes]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/abrupt_climate_changes