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The term climate change - often used interchangeably with the term global warming - is growing in preferred use as conveys a more rounded description of any number of changing climate patterns in addition to rising temperatures. Changing patterns of temperature (up or down), precipitation, wind, severe weather, and seaonal shifts are some of the other indicators.

Climate change refers to any significant change in measures of climate (such as temperature, precipitation or wind) lasting for an extended period (decades or longer). Climate change may result from: natural factors, such as changes in the sun's intensity or slow changes in the Earth's orbit around the sun; natural processes within the climate system (e.g. changes in ocean circulation); and human activities that change the atmosphere's composition (through the burning of fossil fuels) and the land surface (e.g. deforestation, reforestation, urbanization, desertification, etc.). (Source: EPA / Photo: Flickr)

Articles about Climate Change

7 places climate change could spark war

Fri, Oct 16 2009 at 11:22 PM

7 places climate change could spark war.
7 places forever changed by eco-disasters

Fri, Oct 16 2009 at 11:21 PM

These seven locations share one unfortunate trend — a signature event with the power to displace people. In each place, a natural or manmade disaster forced an entire population to flee, in some cases never to return.
We're winning: Fossil fuel use in big decline

Fri, Oct 16 2009 at 1:02 PM

Fossil fuel use has dropped dramatically since 2007 as we burn less coal and waste less electricity.
Saudia Arabia predicts more revenue from solar than from oil

Thu, Oct 15 2009 at 3:57 PM

Part 3 of an interview with Danish Climate Minister Connie Hedegaard on the cost of 'business as usual' and which countries are scrambling to be part of the next (decarbonized) industrial revolution.
Stalking the climate negotiators

Mon, Oct 12 2009 at 1:43 PM

Adopt a Negotiator site lets you track key negotiators in the lead-up to the 2009 climate talks. Two trackers for the U.S. have this report from Singapore.
U.S. poised to be 'biggest loser' at COP15?

Sat, Oct 10 2009 at 9:18 AM

Connie Hedegaard fears that if the U.S. does not deliver at Copenhagen, the climate will not suffer nearly as much as the U.S. economy. And it may lose something even greater -- its global authority.
Why conservatives back climate regulation in Denmark

Sat, Oct 10 2009 at 8:16 AM

Connie Hedegaard, the Danish minister of Climate & Energy, explains why conservatives embrace climate regulation in Denmark.
Beware the giant bacteria-filled sea blobs

Fri, Oct 09 2009 at 12:22 PM

Bizarre sheets of mucus-like material found along the Mediterranean coast are spreading into new areas and lasting longer.
How is your city preparing for global warming?

Tue, Oct 06 2009 at 5:49 PM

California's putting together a climate adaptation strategy to prepare for the future. What's happening in your state?
The Arctic turns acidic

Mon, Oct 05 2009 at 2:40 PM

North Pole seawater could become corrosive in 10 years, disrupting food chain.

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Climate Change

Articles about Climate Change

7 places climate change could spark war

7 places forever changed by eco-disasters

We're winning: Fossil fuel use in big decline

Saudia Arabia predicts more revenue from solar than from oil

Stalking the climate negotiators

U.S. poised to be 'biggest loser' at COP15?

Why conservatives back climate regulation in Denmark

Beware the giant bacteria-filled sea blobs

How is your city preparing for global warming?

The Arctic turns acidic

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