Dec 15, 2025 · The severity of global warming has long depended on your frame of reference — on what temperature you think was normal for the Earth before humans began changing it.

Nov 24, 2025 · Modern global warming is the result of an increase in magnitude of the so-called greenhouse effect, a warming of Earth’s surface and lower atmosphere caused by the …

Present-day climate change includes both global warming —the ongoing increase in global average temperature —and its wider effects on Earth's climate system. Climate change in a …

Jun 3, 2010 · Global warming is the unusually rapid increase in Earth’s average surface temperature over the past century primarily due to the greenhouse gases released as people …

Climate change has accelerated the rate of ice loss across the continent. The "greenhouse effect" is the warming that happens when certain gases in Earth's atmosphere trap heat. These …

Nov 18, 2025 · Climate change affects the environment in many different ways, including rising temperatures, sea level rise, drought, flooding, and more. These events affect things that we …

Apr 8, 2025 · People often use the terms “global warming” and “climate change” interchangeably, but they are different. Global warming refers to Earth’s rising average temperature, while …