Climate Change vs Global Warming

“Climate Change encompasses global warming, but refers to the broader range of changes that are happening to our planet. These include rising sea levels, shrinking mountain glaciers, accelerating ice melt in Greenland, Antarctica and the Arctic, and shifts in flower/plant blooming times. These are all consequences of the warming, which is caused mainly by people burning fossil fuels and putting out heat-trapping gases into the air. The terms ‘global warming’ and ‘climate change’ are sometimes used interchangeably, but strictly they refer to slightly different things.” [7]

“Global Warming refers to the long-term warming of the planet. Global temperature shows a well-documented rise since the early 20th century and most notably since the late 1970s.” [7]

Video summary: A survey from Yale examining difference in people’s responding and interpretation to the nomenclature “Climate Change” vs. “Global Warming”. Generally, “Climate change” is considered more scientific and long-term, and “Global worming” is more emotion triggering.