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Earth Overshoot Day

Earth Overshoot Day proper noun: the calculated illustrative calendar date on which humanity's resource consumption for the year exceeds Earth's capacity to regenerate those resources that year.

Proper noun

Earth Overshoot Day (plural Earth Overshoot Days)

  1. The calculated illustrative calendar date on which humanity's resource consumption for the year exceeds Earth's capacity to regenerate those resources that year.

Forms of Earth Overshoot Day

pluralEarth Overshoot Days

Questions about Earth Overshoot Day

What does Earth Overshoot Day mean?
Earth Overshoot Day means the calculated illustrative calendar date on which humanity's resource consumption for the year exceeds Earth's capacity to regenerate those resources that year.
What part of speech is Earth Overshoot Day?
Earth Overshoot Day is a proper noun.

Words near Earth Overshoot Day in the dictionary

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  10. earth pig
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