"global dimming" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: From global + dimming, modelled on global warming. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|global|dimming}} global + dimming Head templates: {{en-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. Wikipedia link: global dimming Tags: uncountable Translations (decline of the intensity of the sunlight reaching the Earth's surface): mondiale zonsverduistering [feminine] (Dutch), globaal dimeffect (Dutch), global dimming [feminine] (Dutch)
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