Global warming or Climate change? What phrase do you prefer, give reasons :)?

Question

I prefer the term Climate change, because it dosen't imply that the whole world is heating up, as with 'global warming'. Climate change refers to the climate changing in general, because not everything in particular is going to warm is it?

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Answer 1

Both are accurate. "Global Warming" is more specific. "Climate Change", on the other hand, could mean anything - Global Cooling, more rain, less rain, etc.
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Answer 2

You are assuming the two terms are interchangeable. They are not; they have specific definitions.

Global warming is defined as an increase in the average temperature of the Earth. Climat change refers to long term shifts in the weather patterns/parameters, either in a given region or world-wide.

You are correct in some respects: not everything will necessarily get warmer--some regions might actually get cooler. But the term doesn't imply that--it refers to average temperature levels.

And climate change need not be general--and you won't get the same changes in different places..

IN short, it's not a matter of "which term one prefers;" you need to use each term properly to refer to the concepts it represents.

Answer 3

According to this forum, it's Global Warming, as they changed from Climate Change recently.

Answer 4

Adapt to the organic differences and fluxuations in the earth's climate, by skill of transferring if this is going to become too insufferable or turning your thermostat up or down a level if it does not. this is getting less warm, and it will get less warm for the subsequent 30 years. man made worldwide warming is a farce, so because of the fact each and every of the dire predictions of the final 30 years are not happening, they should now call it a typical "climate replace" to ensure that their arguments to hold some form of water... which they nonetheless do not.

Answer 5

I prefer global warming. It refers to the increase in Earth's greenhouse effect. Whereas climate change can refer to any change in the global climate.

Answer 6

You are correct. Climate change is actually regional in effect (warming and/or cooling but not knowing the end result) and generally dependent on aircraft routes (flight tracks).

Aircraft are the only proven cause of climate change, by over 1 degree Celsius (Travis, 2002).

Flights are supposed to triple by about 2020; likely to lead to something catastrophic.

Answer 7

I don't prefer either, because they're different phenomena.

Global warming is due to the greenhouse effect, directly caused by humans.

Global climate change is caused by global warming, and thus indirectly caused by humans.

Answer 8

I prefer to call it normal as the planet has experienced ice ages in the past. What about the climate we had when dinosaurs walked the earth? None of it was controlled by man yet still here we are. One asteroid hitting us just right would create "Global extinction" which may concern you too.

Answer 9

i agree with you, global warming doesn't isn't all that's happening, like you said, the climate isn't necessarily just getting warmer... climate change is defiantly a better way to put it i think

Answer 10

Normal nature