English Explanatory Dictionary

Arctic haze

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A visible reddish-brown springtime haze in the atmosphere at high latitudes in the Arctic, due to anthropogenic air pollution.

Word forms

Arctic haze Arctic hazes

Etymology

Coined in 1956 by J. Murray Mitchell, a US Air Force officer stationed in Alaska.

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