a significant and lasting change in the statistical distribution of weather patterns over periods ranging from decades to millions of years. It may be a change in average weather conditions, or in the distribution of weather around the average conditions (i.e., more or fewer extreme weather events). Climate change is caused by factors that include oceanic processes (such as oceanic circulation), variations in solar radiation received by Earth, plate tectonics and volcanic eruptions, and human-induced alterations of the natural world; these latter effects are currently causing global warming, and "climate change" is often used to describe human-specific impacts.
Fun facts:
fact # 1Average global temperatures increased by about 1 degree Celsius over the 20th century.
fact #2 The United States contains only 5 percent of the world's population, but contributes 22 percent of the world's carbon emissions.
fact#3 The Golden Toad is thought to be the first species to go extinct because of climate change
fact#4 Personal cars and trucks in the United States emit 20 percent of the United States' carbon emissions.
fact#5 Air conditioning and heating account for almost half of electricity use in the average American home.
fact#6 Climate change is linked to stronger hurricanes, more drought and increased coral deaths from bleaching.
facts#7Climate change is linked to an increase in disease-carrying pests that lead to the increased spread of diseases such as dengue fever, malaria, lyme disease and West Nile virus.
fact # 1Average global temperatures increased by about 1 degree Celsius over the 20th century.
fact #2 The United States contains only 5 percent of the world's population, but contributes 22 percent of the world's carbon emissions.
fact#3 The Golden Toad is thought to be the first species to go extinct because of climate change
fact#4 Personal cars and trucks in the United States emit 20 percent of the United States' carbon emissions.
fact#5 Air conditioning and heating account for almost half of electricity use in the average American home.
fact#6 Climate change is linked to stronger hurricanes, more drought and increased coral deaths from bleaching.
facts#7Climate change is linked to an increase in disease-carrying pests that lead to the increased spread of diseases such as dengue fever, malaria, lyme disease and West Nile virus.