What is climate change?
Climate change is the result of all the pollution that humans are causing. Global warming is an example of climate change, global warming is the rise in the planet's average temperatures in the past few decades.
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Dry Mountain Patch by Arabella Wilson
global warming is:
Melting glaciers and ice sheets.
Causing rising sea levels.
Causing more frequent and intense weather events.
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The figure above explains the drastic rise in temperatures throughout the years 1998 to 2024 in the United States.
This graph shows the average global temperature from 1881-2024.
Climate change video:
National Geographic Youtube