climate canary

noun

Etymology

Derived from miner's canary.

Definitions

  1. A species that is affected by an environmental danger prior to other species, thus…

    A species that is affected by an environmental danger prior to other species, thus serving as an early warning system for the other species with regard to a danger.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for climate canary. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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