Climate Change Facts

Climate change, or global warming, is the term given to the theory that increased atmospheric emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs), such as carbon dioxide (CO₂), are warming the planet.

Causes of Global Warming

The article What is Global Warming? provides more detail on the different types of greenhouse gases and how they contribute to the problem.

Scientists who work on climate change use General Circulation Models GCMs, statistical global weather forecasting models, in order to make long term weather or climate predictions.

Climate scientists often check on The Reliability of GCMs to improve on their long term climate predictions.

Global Warming Effects

Global Warming Effects
What types of global warming effects will people experience in their everday lives?

Questions like the relationship between Climate Change and Hurricanes are popular today because of concerns about changing weather patterns.

Antarctica and Climate Change
Climate changes in and around Antarctica have been comparatively less pronounced to date than climate induced changes around the Arctic region.

Arctic Sea Ice
A changing climate means it's now possible that the Artic Ocean could be ice free during the summer sometime in the immediate future.

Climate Change and Western Glaciers
Changing climate patterns in the United States will place great stress on Western glaciers.

Climate Change in Russia: Permafrost
The article reviews changing permafrost patterns in Russia resulting from a warming climate in Siberia.

Global Warming and the Pacific Walrus
An environment group petitions to have the Pacific Walrus protected because of the potential for a loss of their sea ice habitat.

Will Global Warming Help Honeybees Dance?
Changing weather patterns might cause honeybees to change their behavior.

Additional Information

Climate Change Book Review
A short review.

Climate Change Quiz
Try this ten question quiz.

Global Warming Graphs
A review of the better global warming graphs and charts available around the internet.

An Inconvenient Truth
This is a movie review.

Public Opinion and Climate Change
Who is to blame for the lack of U.S. action on climate change?

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