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Meaning of "climate canary" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CLIMATE CANARY

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CLIMATE CANARY

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adjective
verb
adverb
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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Climate canary is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CLIMATE CANARY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

climate canary

Domestic Canary

The Domestic Canary, often simply known as the canary, is a domesticated form of the wild Canary, a small songbird in the finch family originating from the Macaronesian Islands. Canaries were first bred in captivity in the 17th century. They were brought over by Spanish sailors to Europe. This bird became expensive and fashionable to breeding in courts of Spanish and English kings. Monks started breeding them and only sold the males. This kept the birds in short supply and drove the price up. Eventually Italians obtained hens and were able to breed the birds themselves. This made them very popular and resulted in many breeds arising and the birds being bred all over Europe. The same occurred in England. First the birds were only owned by the rich but eventually the local citizens started to breed them and, again, they became very popular. Many breeds arose through selective breeding, and they are still very popular today for their voice.

Definition of climate canary in the English dictionary

The definition of climate canary in the dictionary is a human being or other living organism whose lack of health indicates environmental problems, reminiscent of the way in which live canaries were once used to detect the presence of poisonous gas in coal mines.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CLIMATE CANARY

climactic
climactical
climactically
climatal
climate
climate change
climate control
climategate
climatic
climatic zone
climatical
climatically
climatise
climatography
climatologic
climatological
climatologically
climatologist
climatology
climature

WORDS THAT END LIKE CLIMATE CANARY

binary
bush canary
canary
culinary
dictionary
disciplinary
evolutionary
extraordinary
granary
Grand Canary
missionary
ordinary
out of the ordinary
panary
precautionary
preliminary
pulmonary
revolutionary
stationary
veterinary

Synonyms and antonyms of climate canary in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «climate canary» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CLIMATE CANARY

Find out the translation of climate canary to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of climate canary from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «climate canary» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

气候金丝雀
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

canario climático
570 millions of speakers

English

climate canary
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

जलवायु कैनरी
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

الكناري المناخ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

климат канарейка
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

canário clima
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

জলবায়ু ক্যানারি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

canari climatique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Canary iklim
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Klima Kanarienvogel
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

気候カナリア
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

기후 카나리아
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Canary iklim
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chim hoàng yến khí hậu
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

காலநிலை கேனரி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हवामानातील कॅनेरी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Iklim kanaryası
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

canarino clima
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

kanarek klimat
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

клімат канарейка
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

canar climatice
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κλίμα καναρίνι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

klimaat Kanariese
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

klimat kanariefågel
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

klimakanari
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of climate canary

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CLIMATE CANARY»

The term «climate canary» is normally little used and occupies the 136.388 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of climate canary
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about climate canary

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CLIMATE CANARY»

Discover the use of climate canary in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to climate canary and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Environmental Systems Studies: A Macroscope for ...
The term “climate canary” was coined in recent years [12]. Miners in the past would carry canaries into coal mines to warn them of the presence of carbon monoxide and other harmful gases, as canaries are more sensitive than humans to toxic ...
Hidefumi Imura, 2013
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Atlas of Stem Anatomy in Herbs, Shrubs and Trees: Volume 1
Stem of a 2 m-high shrub, subtropical climate, Canary Islands. Euphorbia mellifera, transverse section. Right Fig. 7. A single ring with long radial rows of vessels in an annual herb. Root collar of a 2 cm-high prostrate therophyte, Mediterranean ...
Fritz Hans Schweingruber, Annett Börner, Ernst-Detlef Schulze, 2011
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Pluto Confidential: An Insider Account of the Ongoing ...
In the ADS tally, plutoed won a close victory (57 to 43) over the term “climate canary,” after other contenders were eliminated. (A climate canary is “an organism or species whose poor health or declining numbers hint at a larger environmental ...
Laurence A. Marschall, 2013
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Garner on Language and Writing
It came down to a runoff between plutoed ("demoted or devalued," inspired by the planet Pluto when the General Assembly of the International Astronomical Union decided that Pluto no longer met the definition of a planet) and climate canary ...
Bryan A. Garner, 2009
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Economic Titles/abstracts
245). Ref. AWD-4-1 979.04 Wichtigste Punkte der jetzt geltenden gesetzlichen Grundlagen fur auslandische lnvestitionen in Taiwan. 79 17 217 Ape 338.45:304 lnvestment climate/Canary islands. Richards, R./ lndustrialisation scheme for the  ...
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I Love It When You Talk Retro: Hoochie Coochie, Double ...
More broadly, any organism whose decline can be attributed to global warming has been called a climate canary. Logging rivaled mining as a hazardous occupation. More than a few loggers' limbs were lost to the saws and axes they used.
Ralph Keyes, 2009
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Annual Report
Science Highlights A Climate Canary in the Coal Mine The Arctic has been described as an environmental "canary in a coal mine" likely to send the first warning signals of climate change. Understanding this isolated, delicately balanced ...
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 2002
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Middle level SS&C energy series
Due to its moderate climate, Canary lsland has in the last ten years experienced an increase in retired people coming to live there. lt is anticipated that this will mean an increased need in health care facilities and services in ...
Linda W. Crow, Bill G. Aldridge, 1995
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The Language Report
In 2oo6 the American Dialect Society referred to a climate canary as a 'species whose poor health or declining numbers hint at a larger environmental catastrophe on the horizon'. While only runners-up in the Society's word of the year poll, the ...
Susie Dent, 2007
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Natural History Excursions in Tenerife: A Guide to the ...
Rabbits are common here and you will see droppings which are deposited in piles and are very slow to disintegrate in this climate. Canary Lizards are also common; these are preyed upon by the Kestrels which you will almost certainly see ...
Myrtle Ashmole, Philip Ashmole, 1989

7 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CLIMATE CANARY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term climate canary is used in the context of the following news items.
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Climate canary
Arch Coal's West Elk Mine, bottom left in image, and some of its methane-venting wells that stretch into the national forest above it. «High Country News, Aug 14»
2
Climate change increasing Sea surface temperatures around Australia
SST in other parts of Australia was not exceptional through 2011-12, so it may be that SWWA is the climate canary, and not for the first time.". «Sydney Indymedia, Jan 14»
3
Locked greenhouse gas in Arctic sea may be 'climate canary'
A 'test case' for how undersea deposits of methane — a greenhouse gas locked in sediments — might respond to climate change has been ... «Nature.com, Dec 12»
4
Water fights
To Flannery, Australia, the world's 15th-biggest economy, is a climate canary, learning first the hard lessons on the limits of water in an era of ... «Macleans.ca, Jul 09»
5
It's almost English when dictionary does Australish
Susan Butler, the dictionary's publisher, said environmental themes were hot this year in a time of global warming, with "climate canary" ... «Reuters, Jan 08»
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'Plutoed' voted US word of year
A "climate canary" is something whose poor health indicates a looming environmental catastrophe. This is the 17th time ADS members have ... «BBC News, Jan 07»
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Pluto's revenge: 'Word of the Year' award
"Plutoed" won in a runoff against "climate canary," defined as "an organism or species whose poor health or declining numbers hint at a larger ... «CNN, Jan 07»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Climate canary [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/climate-canary>. May 2024 ».
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