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Climate Change

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

ExxonMobil's spilled oil, exploding manhole covers, and Earth's tipping point

Fri, Apr 05 2013 at 11:41 AM

Community woodworking shops become popular, insect wings microscopically shred bacteria, and the size of ExxonMobil's Arkansas oil spill grows.
Poll: 37% of Americans believe that global warming is a hoax

Fri, Apr 05 2013 at 9:59 AM

A new poll also reveals that 7% of Americans think the moon landing was fake.
Bill McKibben: The Energizer Bunny of the climate fight

Thu, Apr 04 2013 at 4:44 PM

Despite the challenges, the founder of 350.org says victory lies ahead.
Tropical ice reveals rare climate record

Thu, Apr 04 2013 at 2:30 PM

Scientists study ice cores because the ratio of oxygen isotopes in the ice acts like a thermometer for past climate and sea surface temperatures.
Clouds contributed to record Greenland ice melt

Thu, Apr 04 2013 at 10:24 AM

The clouds were thin enough to allow sunlight through but thick enough to trap the thermal radiation emitted by the ice sheet.
Why has it been so cold this spring?

Wed, Apr 03 2013 at 12:20 PM

A stubborn, stationary mass of warm air over Greenland and the North Atlantic that has blocked the normal flow of air.
Iowa middle schoolers propose food waste legislation

Wed, Apr 03 2013 at 8:00 AM

Republicans, McDonald’s and the American Forest & Paper Association oppose a bill, proposed by three students, that would curb food waste sent to landfills.
Global warming's 6 Americas: Which are you?

Tue, Apr 02 2013 at 12:21 PM

Help this blogger with a school project by taking a short survey that examines how media consumers feel about global warming.
Eating insects: Vegans and vegetarians weigh in

Mon, Apr 01 2013 at 11:44 PM

Insects are lower impact and could replace meat in the American diet, but what do the veggies think?
Tree-killing insects adapting to warmer cities

Mon, Apr 01 2013 at 5:00 PM

Scale insects threaten to become a bigger problem as climate change drives temperatures up.

MNN - Mother Nature Network

Climate Change

Articles about Climate Change

ExxonMobil's spilled oil, exploding manhole covers, and Earth's tipping point

Poll: 37% of Americans believe that global warming is a hoax

Bill McKibben: The Energizer Bunny of the climate fight

Tropical ice reveals rare climate record

Clouds contributed to record Greenland ice melt

Why has it been so cold this spring?

Iowa middle schoolers propose food waste legislation

Global warming's 6 Americas: Which are you?

Eating insects: Vegans and vegetarians weigh in

Tree-killing insects adapting to warmer cities

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