EARTH SCIENCE
CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE
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Global climate change refers to many more climate characteristics than just Earth’s temperature
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Earth’s temperature is not actually warming
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Scientists are unsure whether the planet is warming or cooling
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Scientists wanted to rebrand their ideas due to controversy over global warming
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Detailed explanation-1: -Although people tend to use these terms interchangeably, global warming is just one aspect of climate change. “Global warming” refers to the rise in global temperatures due mainly to the increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
Detailed explanation-2: -“Climate change” encompasses global warming, but refers to the broader range of changes that are happening to our planet. These include rising sea levels; shrinking mountain glaciers; accelerating ice melt in Greenland, Antarctica and the Arctic; and shifts in flower/plant blooming times.
Detailed explanation-3: -Temperatures are rising world-wide due to greenhouse gases trapping more heat in the atmosphere. Droughts are becoming longer and more extreme around the world. Tropical storms becoming more severe due to warmer ocean water temperatures.
Detailed explanation-4: -Climate features also include windiness, humidity, cloud cover, atmospheric pressure, and fogginess. Latitude plays a huge factor in determining climate. Landscape can also help define regional climate.
Detailed explanation-5: -What Is Global Warming? Global warming is the long-term heating of Earth’s surface observed since the pre-industrial period (between 1850 and 1900) due to human activities, primarily fossil fuel burning, which increases heat-trapping greenhouse gas levels in Earth’s atmosphere.