Climate change
}}
In common usage, climate change describes global warming—the ongoing increase in global average temperature—and its effects on Earth's climate system. Climate change in a broader sense also includes previous long-term changes to Earth's climate. The current rise in global average temperature is primarily caused by humans burning fossil fuels since the Industrial Revolution. Fossil fuel use, deforestation, and some agricultural and industrial practices add to greenhouse gases. These gases absorb some of the heat that the Earth radiates after it warms from sunlight, warming the lower atmosphere. Carbon dioxide, the primary greenhouse gas driving global warming, has grown by about 50% and is at levels unseen for millions of years.
Climate change has an increasingly large impact on the environment. Deserts are expanding, while heat waves and wildfires are becoming more common. Amplified warming in the Arctic has contributed to thawing permafrost, retreat of glaciers and sea ice decline. Higher temperatures are also causing more intense storms, droughts, and other weather extremes. Rapid environmental change in mountains, coral reefs, and the Arctic is forcing many species to relocate or become extinct. Even if efforts to minimize future warming are successful, some effects will continue for centuries. These include ocean heating, ocean acidification and sea level rise.
Climate change threatens people with increased flooding, extreme heat, increased food and water scarcity, more disease, and economic loss. Human migration and conflict can also be a result. The World Health Organization (WHO) calls climate change one of the biggest threats to global health in the 21st century. Societies and ecosystems will experience more severe risks without action to limit warming. Adapting to climate change through efforts like flood control measures or drought-resistant crops partially reduces climate change risks, although some limits to adaptation have already been reached. Poorer communities are responsible for a small share of global emissions, yet have the least ability to adapt and are most vulnerable to climate change.
Fossil fuel use can be phased out by conserving energy and switching to energy sources that do not produce significant carbon pollution. These energy sources include wind, solar, hydro, and nuclear power. Cleanly generated electricity can replace fossil fuels for powering transportation, heating buildings, and running industrial processes. Carbon can also be removed from the atmosphere, for instance by increasing forest cover and farming with methods that capture carbon in soil.
Provided by Wikipedia
-
1
-
2by Goosse, Hugues, Campin, JM., Fichefet, Thierry, Deleersnijder, Eric, 3rd International Conference on Modelling of Global Climate Change and VariabilityGet access
Published in Climate Dynamics (1997)
Get access
Article in Journal/Newspaper -
3by Goosse, Hugues, Campin, JM., Fichefet, Thierry, Deleersnijder, Eric, 3rd International Conference on Modelling of Global Climate Change and VariabilityGet access
Published in Climate Dynamics (1997)
Get access
Article in Journal/Newspaper -
4by Varona, H. L., Veleda, D., Silva, M., Cintra, M., Araujo, MoacyrContributors: “...Brazilian Research Network on Global Climate Change, Rede CLIMA, S. José dos Campos, SP, Brazil...”
Published in Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans (2019)
Get access
Get access
Get access
Get access
Article in Journal/Newspaper -
5by Varona, H. L., Veleda, D., Silva, M., Cintra, M., Araujo, MoacyrContributors: “...Brazilian Research Network on Global Climate Change, Rede CLIMA, S. José dos Campos, SP, Brazil...”
Published in Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans (2019)
Get access
Get access
Get access
Get access
Article in Journal/Newspaper -
6by Tyaquiçã, Pedro, Veleda, Dóris, Lefèvre, Nathalie, Araujo, Moacyr, Noriega, Carlos, Caniaux, Guy, Servain, Jacques, Silva, ThiagoContributors: “...Brazilian Research Network on Global Climate Change, FINEP/Rede CLIMA Grant Number 01.13.0353-00...”
Published in Frontiers in Marine Science (2017)
Get access
Get access
Get access
Get access
Article in Journal/Newspaper -
7by Tyaquiçã, Pedro, Veleda, Dóris, Lefèvre, Nathalie, Araujo, Moacyr, Noriega, Carlos, Caniaux, Guy, Servain, Jacques, Silva, ThiagoContributors: “...Brazilian Research Network on Global Climate Change, FINEP/Rede CLIMA Grant Number 01.13.0353-00...”
Published in Frontiers in Marine Science (2017)
Get access
Get access
Get access
Get access
Article in Journal/Newspaper -
8by Tyaquiçã, Pedro, Veleda, Dóris, Lefèvre, Nathalie, Araujo, Moacyr, Noriega, Carlos, Caniaux, Guy, Servain, Jacques, Silva, ThiagoContributors: “...Brazilian Research Network on Global Climate Change, FINEP/Rede CLIMA Grant Number 01.13.0353-00...”
Published in Frontiers in Marine Science (2017)
Get access
Get access
Get access
Get access
Article in Journal/Newspaper -
9by Tyaquiçã, Pedro, Veleda, Dóris, Lefèvre, Nathalie, Araujo, Moacyr, Noriega, Carlos, Caniaux, Guy, Servain, Jacques, Silva, ThiagoContributors: “...Brazilian Research Network on Global Climate Change, FINEP/Rede CLIMA Grant Number 01.13.0353-00...”
Published 2017
Get access
Get access
Get access
Get access
Article in Journal/Newspaper -
10by Tyaquiçã, Pedro, Veleda, Dóris, Lefèvre, Nathalie, Araujo, Moacyr, Noriega, Carlos, Caniaux, Guy, Servain, Jacques, Silva, ThiagoContributors: “...Brazilian Research Network on Global Climate Change, FINEP/Rede CLIMA Grant Number 01.13.0353-00...”
Published in Frontiers in Marine Science (2017)
Get access
Get access
Get access
Get access
Article in Journal/Newspaper -
11by Tyaquiçã, Pedro, Veleda, Dóris, Lefèvre, Nathalie, Araujo, Moacyr, Noriega, Carlos, Caniaux, Guy, Servain, Jacques, Silva, ThiagoContributors: “...Brazilian Research Network on Global Climate Change, FINEP/Rede CLIMA Grant Number 01.13.0353-00...”
Published in Frontiers in Marine Science (2017)
Get access
Get access
Get access
Get access
Article in Journal/Newspaper -
12by Tyaquiçã, Pedro, Veleda, Dóris, Lefèvre, Nathalie, Araujo, Moacyr, Noriega, Carlos, Caniaux, Guy, Servain, Jacques, Silva, ThiagoContributors: “...Brazilian Research Network on Global Climate Change, FINEP/Rede CLIMA Grant Number 01.13.0353-00...”
Published in Frontiers in Marine Science (2017)
Get access
Get access
Get access
Get access
Article in Journal/Newspaper -
13by Tyaquiçã, Pedro, Veleda, Dóris, Lefèvre, Nathalie, Araujo, Moacyr, Noriega, Carlos, Caniaux, Guy, Servain, Jacques, Silva, ThiagoContributors: “...Brazilian Research Network on Global Climate Change, FINEP/Rede CLIMA Grant Number 01.13.0353-00...”
Published in Frontiers in Marine Science (2017)
Get access
Get access
Get access
Get access
Article in Journal/Newspaper -
14by Tyaquiçã, Pedro, Veleda, Dóris, Lefèvre, Nathalie, Araujo, Moacyr, Noriega, Carlos, Caniaux, Guy, Servain, Jacques, Silva, ThiagoContributors: “...Brazilian Research Network on Global Climate Change, FINEP/Rede CLIMA Grant Number 01.13.0353-00...”
Published in Frontiers in Marine Science (2017)
Get access
Get access
Get access
Get access
Article in Journal/Newspaper -
15by Tyaquiçã, Pedro, Veleda, Dóris, Lefèvre, Nathalie, Araujo, Moacyr, Noriega, Carlos, Caniaux, Guy, Servain, Jacques, Silva, ThiagoContributors: “...Brazilian Research Network on Global Climate Change, FINEP/Rede CLIMA Grant Number 01.13.0353-00...”
Published 2017
Get access
Get access
Get access
Get access
Article in Journal/Newspaper -
16by Tyaquiçã, Pedro, Veleda, Dóris, Lefèvre, Nathalie, Araujo, Moacyr, Noriega, Carlos, Caniaux, Guy, Servain, Jacques, Silva, ThiagoContributors: “...Brazilian Research Network on Global Climate Change, FINEP/Rede CLIMA Grant Number 01.13.0353-00...”
Published in Frontiers in Marine Science (2017)
Get access
Get access
Get access
Get access
Article in Journal/Newspaper -
17by Tyaquiçã, Pedro, Veleda, Dóris, Lefèvre, Nathalie, Araujo, Moacyr, Noriega, Carlos, Caniaux, Guy, Servain, Jacques, Silva, ThiagoContributors: “...Brazilian Research Network on Global Climate Change, FINEP/Rede CLIMA Grant Number 01.13.0353-00...”
Published 2017
Get access
Get access
Get access
Get access
Article in Journal/Newspaper