global cooling

noun

Global climate change in the form of declining average temperatures; which was conjectured in the 1970s.

Opposite
global warming
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Meanings

nounglobal cooling (uncountable)
  1. uncountableGlobal climate change in the form of declining average temperatures; which was conjectured in the 1970s.

    Some point out that global temperatures peaked in 1998 and have been falling since then. Indeed, several argue that a period of global cooling is on the way.

    2008 December 9, Jeff Jacoby, “Skepticism on climate change”, in The International Herald Tribune, →ISSN
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    Many climate contrarians have seized upon these studies and magazine articles to argue that since climate scientists supposedly got their global cooling predictions wrong in the 1970s, they could be getting their global warming predictions wrong now.

    2015, Dana Nuccitelli, Climatology Versus Pseudoscience […] , ABC-CLIO, →ISBN, page 20

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite
global warming

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 全球寒化
  • 全球寒化global declining average temperatures
Czech globální ochlazování
  • globální ochlazováníglobal declining average temperatures
Esperanto tutmonda malvarmiĝo
  • tutmonda malvarmiĝoglobal declining average temperatures
French refroidissement climatique
  • refroidissement climatiqueglobal declining average temperatures
German globale Abkühlung
  • globale Abkühlungglobal declining average temperatures
Italian raffreddamento globale
  • raffreddamento globaleglobal declining average temperatures
Japanese 地球寒冷化
  • 地球寒冷化 (chikyū kanreika)global declining average temperatures
Korean 지구 한랭화
  • 지구 한랭화 (jigu hallaenghwa)global declining average temperatures
Norwegian global nedkjøling
  • global nedkjølingglobal declining average temperatures
Polish globalne ochłodzenie
  • globalne ochłodzenieglobal declining average temperatures
Portuguese esfriamento global, arrefecimento global
  • esfriamento globalglobal declining average temperatures
  • arrefecimento globalglobal declining average temperatures
Russian глобальное похолодание
  • глобальное похолодание (globalʹnoje poxolodanije)global declining average temperatures
Spanish enfriamiento global
  • enfriamiento globalglobal declining average temperatures
Swedish global avkylning
  • global avkylningglobal declining average temperatures
Vietnamese mát dần toàn cầu
  • mát dần toàn cầuglobal declining average temperatures
Yiddish גלאָבאַלע אָפֿקילונג
  • גלאָבאַלע אָפֿקילונג (globale ofkilung)global declining average temperatures
Cite this entry
APA

global cooling. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/global%20cooling

MLA

“global cooling.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/global%20cooling. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “global cooling,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/global%20cooling.

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