has anyone noticed that "global warming" is slowly becoming "climate change"?

Question

do you think this is because they can't prove it at all?

Answer 1

Global warming and climate change have never been the same thing, it's the media that frequently confused the two terms leading to their misuse.

Global Warming is the term used to describe the general warming trend observed within the Earth's atmosphere whereas Climate Change is the term used to describe the effects of global warming. They're inextricably linked to one another but they are two separate issues.

Any change in use of terminology is purely vernacular. It helps when the media use the correct terms as it distinguishes between the two.

For example - rising sea levels and increased rainfall IS climate change but ISN'T global warming (it's a consequence of it). The average increase in global temperatures IS global warming but ISN'T climate change (it's a cause of it).

Answer 2

I have noticed the different wording too.Maby i am wrong but, i thought that the term climate change sounded more like we can't do anything about it.And i think that is what they don't want to tell us.I think even if we put a halt to everything right now ,I mean everything that emited any kind of pollution.this climate change is still going to run it's course.because there are other contributors also like deforestation.we can't regrow millions of square miles of trees back overnight or make new rain forests,or make new mountains becuase the old ones were blown up to strip mine the resources.The population explosion, these people need homes to live in,but basically the earth was not meant to be covered in concrete and asphault.even before the big concern about global warming ,thermal image mapping showed the cities where hotter than rural areas that had trees

Answer 3

Of course global warming/climate change is real. The evidence is outstanding. There is no debate about it. The only thing being debated is if it is man made or note. That isn't your question though. To answer your question , Global Warming is something only said in America (English). Other languages have always referred to it as Climate Change.

Answer 4

Trevor hit the nail on the head but left out one piece of information regarding your 2nd question whether or not it is because it can't be proven at all.

The term "climate change" is a term made up by the Bush Administration about 3-4 years ago to confuse the issue. I watched a news documentary interview last year with a GOP spin doctor who explained how this came about.

Unfortunately for the GOP it backfired and is now seen as a consequence of AGW rather than a synonym.

Answer 5

Global warming and climate change two related, but different things. Global warming refers to an increase in Earth's average temperature. Most often it denotes the current warming period that started in the mid nineteenth century. Climate change refers to a change in average weather patterns over a period of time, say, for example, a change in precipitation patterns. You might say that, in the context of the current warming, climate change refers to the effects of global warming.

A lot of people are somewhat confused about the differences between these two terms, especially in the media. Many mistakenly use "global warming" and "climate change" interchangeably. For example, earlier in the thread Tomcat mentioned something about a "cooling climate," when, of course, the climate doesn't warm or cool, since it is simply the average weather.

Answer 6

As far as I can say climate change is an indication(or result) of global warming, in tropical countries like India the temperatures are going up every year, every single year the past peak temperature record is broken that means the temperatures are rising here, crops are getting affected.

Now you dont want to believe it thats your problem, you wanna bury your head into sand go ahead do it.

Answer 7

What are you talking about. Climate change theory has been around (1895 Swedish scientist warned-theorized the burning of stored carbon-fossil fuels would alter climate) long before the empirical evidence and data of Global warming.

Answer 8

It's because too many idiots out there think every time it's unseasonably cool, it automatically disproves global warming. So, to help folks understand it better, they refer to it as 'Global Climate Change'. This climate change is predominated by an overall warming trend (global warming), but includes general climactic instability and pattern disruptions.

Answer 9

i don't think of you already know the words in any respect. The link under explains the version between international warming and climate substitute. The words have not replaced. you only have not been paying interest. "interior scientific journals, this remains how the two words are used. international warming refers to floor temperature will enhance, at the same time as climate substitute consists of international warming and each thing else that increasing greenhouse gasoline quantities will impression." additionally, "alterations to precipitation types and sea point are in all probability to have lots greater effective human result than the better temperatures on my own. subsequently, scientific learn on climate substitute encompasses lots greater effective than floor temperature substitute."

Answer 10

Yes- The Earth hasn't been warming since 1998. It's hard to demand funds to study something that is no longer happening.

However the climate will always change, there is no such thing as a static climate. Now it's possible to ask for money to study "climate change".