Global warming or climate change?

Question

What's the difference?

Answer 1

Global warming: inflicted by humans (the globe is warmed).
Climate change: natural fluctuations in Earth's temperature.

Answer 2

Global warming is the process by which the world heats up; there are two key components – natural and manmade.

Climate change refers to how the climate of the world is changing. It’s not the same as global warming. In a nutshell, global warming is the cause and climate change is the result

Answer 3

Global warming....is the term for when there is too much carbon dioxide and other toxic fumes in the air causeing the Earth to be heated at a abnormal speed. Because the sun's rays cannot be sent back into outer space they are trapped by the fumes in the air. Climate change is something that is constantly happening but at a very slow speed. Normal climate change would come about every couple of 100 to 1000 years. But, because of global warming from the use of Natural gas, Gasonline, and other forms of non-renewable resources it is speeding up. Causeing global warming to happen. And that is the difference between them.

Answer 4

Initial research in this area showed that earth temperature is rising and a term Global Warming was applied to this phenomenon.

However, through in depth research, it has become well known that although on average earth temperature is rising but this warming is not uniform all over the globe some part also show decrease in temperatures. That is why Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) now use the term Climate change more frequently than global wamring.

Answer 5

Climate change is when we come out of an ice age after 12000 years and it's the reason why Earth is getting hotter. Global warming is when it's because of the 100 Million years of buried creatures is burned into the air and that is why it's getting hotter. The former is natural and therefore less frightening. The latter means that it's never been done before. If it's never been done before than it's uncertain, and since it's civilization at stake, that is why there is a difference. So past the philosophy of it, yes, if it is our fault, then we should be concerned. We're some pretty dangerous creatures, and if you don't believe that, one word: Nuke.

Answer 6

Climate change is a better name for Global warming because global warming includes cold spells as well as hot ones ,and the name confuses people who are already easily confused

so we now prefer to use the Name Climate change ,because it sounds more to the point ,but in essence it is the same thing

no difference

Answer 7

both, the global warming effects the climate cause of the fact that the water is rising from the polar caps more water in the air making more rain witch of course effects the climate like when Egypt was more jungle the other part of the world was frozen.

Answer 8

climate change is an effect of global warming

Answer 9

"The phrase 'climate change' is growing in preferred use to 'global warming' because it helps convey that there are changes in addition to rising temperatures."

Answer 10

one is global the other is climate.