The gradual increase over time of the average temperature of the entire earth's lower atmosphere. Global warming has occurred in the distant past as the result of natural influences, but the term is most often used to refer to the warming predicted to occur as a result of emissions of greenhouse gases directly and indirectly caused from the burning of fossil fuels. An increase of the earth's temperature by only a few degrees results in dramatic climate change, loss of habitat and species, sea-level rise, and alteration of the oceans' currents.

global warming(P,,U,English-P,D,U,N)
warming, global(,U,English-NP,UF,U,N)
broeikaseffect(P,,U,Dutch-P,D,U,U)
opwarming van de aarde(,U,Dutch-NP,UF,U,U)
calentamiento global(P,,U,Spanish-P,D,U,U)
全球暖化(P,,U,Chinese (traditional)-P,D,U,U)
ch'üan ch'iu nuan hua(P,,U,Chinese (transliterated Wade-Giles)-P,UF,U,U)
quán qiú nuǎn huà(P,,U,Chinese (transliterated Hanyu Pinyin)-P,UF,U,U)
quan qiu nuan hua(P,,U,Chinese (transliterated Pinyin without tones)-P,UF,U,U)

Top of the AAT hierarchies
....Associated Concepts Facet
........Associated Concepts
............<environmental concepts>
................global warming

causative action is....

greenhouse effect

Dutch....	De geleidelijke stijging in de loop der tijd van de gemiddelde temperatuur in de onderste lagen van de dampkring van de aarde.
Spanish....	El aumento gradual a través de tiempo de la temperatura promedio de la totalidad de la atmósfera terrestre inferior.
Chinese (traditional)....	指全球低層大氣平均溫度逐漸升高。遠古的全球暖化是大自然影響下產生的結果，而今卻是人類因燃燒化石燃料，釋放溫室氣體，所造成直接和間接的暖化效應。全球氣溫只要上升幾度，即可造成嚴重的氣候變遷、棲地與生物滅絕、海平面上升、以及海洋巨變。

global warming............	[VP]
.................	Concise Columbia Encyclopedia (1993) 1094
.................	CDMARC Subjects: LCSH (1988-)
.................	NASA Thesaurus (1994)
.................	ARCHJ 206/3: 43 (July 1997). Evans, "CO2 science and its politics"
.................	Candidate term Candidate term -- AVERY -- 6/98
.................	AATA database (1995-) 150546 checked 26 January 2012
warming, global............	[VP]
.................	Getty Vocabulary Program rules
broeikaseffect............	[Bureau AAT]
.................	AAT-Ned (1994-)
opwarming van de aarde............	[Bureau AAT]
.................	AAT-Ned (1994-)
calentamiento global............	[CDBP-DIBAM]
.................	Enciclopedia Encarta de Lujo. Bibioteca de Consulta 2003 (2003)
全球暖化............	[AS-Academia Sinica]
.................	朗文當代大辭典 p. 736
.................	國立編譯館學術名詞資訊網 July 23, 2009
ch'üan ch'iu nuan hua............	[AS-Academia Sinica]
.................	TELDAP database (2009-)
quán qiú nuǎn huà............	[AS-Academia Sinica]
.................	TELDAP database (2009-)
quan qiu nuan hua............	[AS-Academia Sinica]
.................	TELDAP database (2009-)
Subject:............	[AS-Academia Sinica]
.................	AATA database (1995-) 150546 checked 26 January 2012
.................	Van Dale groot woordenboek (1999)

Getty AAT: 300262912 Getty AAT: http://www.getty.edu/vow/AATFullDisplay?find=costume&logic=AND¬e=&subjectid=300262912
ASDC Union Catalog： global warming 、warming, global 、broeikaseffect 、opwarming van de aarde 、calentamiento global 、全球暖化 、ch'üan ch'iu nuan hua 、quán qiú nuǎn huà 、quan qiu nuan hua