Most climate scientists agree the main cause of the current global warming trend is human expansion of the greenhouse effect1 â warming that results when the atmosphere traps heat radiating from Earth toward space. Certain gases in the atmosphere block heat from escaping.
Definition of CROCKY. : impaired in one's powers: physically frail. ADVERTISEMENT.ote that some information is displayed differently in the Unabridged. To access the complete Unabridged Dictionary, with an additional 300,000 words that aren't in our free dictionary, start a free trial.
CrÃªpe (textile) For other uses, see Crepe (disambiguation). CrÃªpe or crape (from the Fr. crÃªpe) is a silk, wool, or synthetic fiber fabric with a distinctively crisp, crimped appearance. The term crape typically refers to a form of the fabric associated specifically with mourning, also historically called crespe or crisp.