Global dimming

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Global dimming - gradual reduction in the amount of global direct irradiance at the Earth's surface; approx. 4% reduction over 1960–1990; caused by an increase in atmospheric particulates (e.g. sulfate aerosols) due to human action. Article "Global dimming" in English Wikipedia has 98.4 points for quality (as of August 1, 2024). The article contains 201 references and 17 sections.

In this language version of Wikipedia the article has the best quality. Also, this article is the most popular in that language version.

Since the creation of article "Global dimming", its content was written by 357 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 1207 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 470 times in English Wikipedia and cited 2729 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #582 in January 2005
• Global: #2983 in January 2005

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #404 in January 2014
• Global: #1371 in January 2014

There are 33 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from August 1, 2024 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	English (en) Global dimming		98.4105
2	Chinese (zh) 全球黯化		77.5987
3	Catalan (ca) Enfosquiment global		64.2586
4	Spanish (es) Oscurecimiento global		55.8986
5	Norwegian (no) Global dimming		52.1675
6	Portuguese (pt) Escurecimento global		51.5204
7	Arabic (ar) إعتام عالمي		42.3452
8	Czech (cs) Globální stmívání		40.763
9	Romanian (ro) Întunecare globală		40.1365
10	German (de) Globale Verdunkelung		36.835

The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Global dimming		4 117 263
2	Spanish (es) Oscurecimiento global		515 494
3	German (de) Globale Verdunkelung		167 652
4	Portuguese (pt) Escurecimento global		139 588
5	French (fr) Assombrissement global		97 350
6	Czech (cs) Globální stmívání		92 331
7	Russian (ru) Глобальное затемнение		84 957
8	Italian (it) Oscuramento globale		79 991
9	Japanese (ja) 地球薄暮化		68 713
10	Chinese (zh) 全球黯化		57 366

The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Global dimming		4 375
2	German (de) Globale Verdunkelung		1 347
3	Chinese (zh) 全球黯化		540
4	Italian (it) Oscuramento globale		299
5	Russian (ru) Глобальное затемнение		257
6	French (fr) Assombrissement global		199
7	Spanish (es) Oscurecimiento global		191
8	Portuguese (pt) Escurecimento global		163
9	Japanese (ja) 地球薄暮化		145
10	Czech (cs) Globální stmívání		131

The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Global dimming		357
2	German (de) Globale Verdunkelung		129
3	French (fr) Assombrissement global		91
4	Spanish (es) Oscurecimiento global		76
5	Dutch (nl) Global dimming		69
6	Italian (it) Oscuramento globale		65
7	Norwegian (no) Global dimming		43
8	Hebrew (he) עמעום עולמי		35
9	Czech (cs) Globální stmívání		32
10	Galician (gl) Escurecemento global		29

The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Arabic (ar) إعتام عالمي		1
2	Hindi (hi) वैश्विक दीप्तिमंदकता		1
3	Polish (pl) Globalne zaciemnienie		1
4	Russian (ru) Глобальное затемнение		1
5	Belarusian (be) Глабальнае зацьменне		0
6	Catalan (ca) Enfosquiment global		0
7	Czech (cs) Globální stmívání		0
8	German (de) Globale Verdunkelung		0
9	Greek (el) Πλανητική σκίαση		0
10	English (en) Global dimming		0

The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

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