What is the difference between global warming and global climate change?
Increased concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere result in increased heat trapping and a rise in the average global temperature. Thus, when people first started thinking about the effects of greenhouse gas emissions from human activity they called the effect “global warming.” As the scientific understanding of the issue progressed, people recognize that increased global heat trapping caused many varied effects, including shifting of ocean currents and increased or decreased precipitation in certain areas. Scientists coined a new phrase “global climate change” to represent this complexity.
