Not exactly.
Climate change: the change in the climate due to natural and anthropogenic causes.
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Originally Posted by margaretmattson
Climate change encompasses global warming. They are two different things. One is not a substitute for the other.
Global Warming: the warming of the planet (self explanatory) usually due to the greenhouse effect.
Climate Change: change in the weather over a long period of time (Again, self explanatory)
If you are talking about this year, which had record breaking, scorching heat, the cause is most likely global warming. It may sound counterintuitive but global warming includes snowstorms.
Climate change is change in weather for an extended period of time. You can say because of the same conditions happening in certain areas over the last few years, there has been a change in climate.
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