English Explanatory Dictionary

Glaciergate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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  1. A 2010 controversy resulting from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change mistakenly claiming in a 2007 report that the glaciers of the Himalayas would melt by 2035.

Word forms

Glaciergate

Etymology

From glacier + -gate.

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