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Global warming causes climate change. We now use the term climate change because it deals with all the many changes. Global warming is still happening and the warming is putting more energy into the atmosphere. This extra energy is changing the climate.
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What is global warming activity?
Global warming refers to the long term increase of the earths temperature. It is directly linked to climate change but is not an interchangeable term for it.
Why do people say climate change instead of just saying global warming?
Global Warming refers to the rise in temperature. The earth is warming, and this global warming is causing climate change. People use the term Climate Change to mean all the changes that are predicted, caused by the world's rise in temperature. The rise in average temperature will cause many varied climate changes, perhaps including reduced temperature in some areas, glaciers melting, sea levels rising, increased number of natural disasters, more severe weather events, and longer droughts.
Are factors that affect long term climate change different from short term climate change?
If we define short-term climate change as limited to around one year, then El Nino and La Nina are the factors that affect (and effect) it. Long-term climate change happens over thousands of years, because of many factors like the strength of the sun, the tilt of our planet, the movement of the earth's orbit. Long-term climate change is also happening very quickly now because of global warming, but the effects will last a long time.
What is global change climate?
The greenhouse effect is the way the greenhouse gases (water vapour, carbon dioxide, methane etc) in the atmosphere trap the sun's heat to keep the planet warm. This effect is supported by the water and carbon cycles of the earth, and has been going on since life began.Global Warming is the warming of the earth during the past 200 years but especially since about 1970. Man discovered and started burning fossil fuels (coal, oil and natural gas) which releases carbon dioxide into the atmosphere that had been hidden away for millions of years. This extra CO2 is disrupting the natural greenhouse effect and is causing the enhanced greenhouse effect.It is this enhanced, or accelerated, greenhouse effect that is responsible for global warming.A:Global warming, as the word has been used in recent years, is an increase in average temperature of the earth due to an increase of greenhouse gases. Greenhouse gasses are gases that trap a great deal of heat. These include CO2 and Methane. Anthropogenic global warming is a certain type of global warming caused by human production of greenhouse gases through the burning of fossil fuels and by deforestation.The Greenhouse effect is the phenomenon of heat from the sun being trapped by greenhouse gases in Earth's atmosphere.
How can global warming affect glaciers and ice caps?
Global warming affects glaciers by melting them. The water runs into the oceans, raising the sea levels.Global warming affects oceans by warming them. Warm water expands, so ocean levels are rising even further!
What is global warming activity?
Global warming refers to the long term increase of the earths temperature. It is directly linked to climate change but is not an interchangeable term for it.
What is another term for Global Warming?
Climate change
Can you quote another term for global warming?
Climate change. Though that is actually caused by global warming.
What is a long-term solution to the drought in Africa?
Slowing and reducing global warming in order to stop climate change.
What term is characterized by a rise in temperatures and a change in climate patterns?
Global warming
What term is characterized by a rise in temperature and change on climate patterns?
Global warming
What is a more accurate term for global warming?
The rise in temperature all over the world. This is not more accurate. It is the same way of saying it. Global warming causes climate change, but is not the same as climate change.
Does greenhouse and global warming have anything to do with hurricanes and typhoons?
Hurricanes and typhoons are weather. Climate is a longer term look at how weather averages out over the years. So one severe tornado is not evidence of climate change and global warming. But if the numbers and the severity of weather events change over time, then that may be a part of climate change caused by global warming.
Why did the terminology change from global warming to climate change?
People use the term Climate Change to mean all the changes that are predicted, caused by the world's rise in temperature. Using the term climate change means we can talk about the practical things that scientists are predicting. Global Warming refers to the rise in temperature. The earth is warming, and this global warming is causing climate change. The rise in average temperature will cause many varied climate changes, perhaps including reduced temperature in some areas, glaciers melting, sea levels rising, increased number of natural disasters, more severe weather events, and longer droughts.
What is the another term for the greenhouse effect?
Global warming, but the two terms are not the same.The natural greenhouse effect keeps the planet warm.The enhanced greenhouse effect causes global warming.Global warming causes climate change.
Why did terminology change from global warming to climate change?
Global warming is happening and this warming is causing climate change. We still talk about global warming, but by using the term climate change we can deal with the practical effects of the warming.Basically our world's weather patterns are very complex, so when the climate warms in one place it may actually change weather patterns and create a slight cooling somewhere else. In addition, there may be some places where the temperature changes very little but the pattern of weather - amount of rain or snow for example - does change. So while the overall effect of what is happening is that the average temperature of the globe is warming, some individual places may actually cool, and others will just experience changes in weather. Thus "climate change" sums things up better than "global warming".
Why do people say climate change instead of just saying global warming?
Global Warming refers to the rise in temperature. The earth is warming, and this global warming is causing climate change. People use the term Climate Change to mean all the changes that are predicted, caused by the world's rise in temperature. The rise in average temperature will cause many varied climate changes, perhaps including reduced temperature in some areas, glaciers melting, sea levels rising, increased number of natural disasters, more severe weather events, and longer droughts.
