Global Warming and Climate
Change
Global Warming and Climate Change: Global warming is a slow rise in the Earth’s surface temperature, thought to be caused by increased green house gases in the atmosphere, which in turn leads to changes in the global climate patterns. Climate change is a term used to describe the inconsistency of the Earth’s climate such as but not limited to; temperature, rainfall, snow pack, and ice sheets. Climate change includes natural and man made changes. Sometimes the terms global warming and climate change are used interchangeably (Glossary of Key Terms, n.d.).