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Originally Posted by Bucco
From NASA
“Global warming” refers to the long-term warming of the planet. Global temperature shows a well-documented rise since the early 20th century and most notably since the late 1970s. Worldwide, since 1880 the average surface temperature has risen about 1 °C (about 2 °F), relative to the mid-20th-century baseline (of 1951-1980). This is on top of about an additional 0.15 °C of warming from between 1750 and 1880.
“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. These are all consequences of the warming, which is caused mainly by people burning fossil fuels and putting out heat-trapping gases into the air. The terms “global warming” and “climate change” are sometimes used interchangeably, but strictly they refer to slightly different things.“
What’s the difference between climate change and global warming? – Climate Change: Vital Signs of the Planet |
No cherry picking allowed in real climate science. If you look at the past 2000 years of temp data, you see that picking a start point in the middle of the little ice age (1400 to 1800) you get only rising temperatures. We're are almost as warm now as we were in the medieval warming period. They had a lot of V8 engines in medieval times, called them horses.
