changes ascribed to climate change

noun phrase

  1. Observed changes that are said to be caused by climate change; changes attributed to climate change.

    B2

    usually passive: be ascribed toformal

    • "The report lists several changes ascribed to climate change."B2
    • "Some of the changes ascribed to climate change are hard to separate from natural variation."C1
    • "The study questions the extent of ecological changes ascribed to climate change in the region."C2

Common mistakes

  • changes ascribed by climate change→changes ascribed to climate change

    Use “ascribe something to something,” not “by.”

Collocations

ascribed tobe ascribed toclimate change

Word family

ascribeascriptionascribable