grasshopper effect

https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.14723
Global distillation of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) involving seasonal cycling of temperatures such that movement toward the higher latitudes occurs in annual pulses.
Source:
PAC, 2009, 81, 829. (Glossary of terms used in ecotoxicology (IUPAC Recommendations 2009)) on page 892 [Terms] [Paper]