Nov 24, 2025 · Modern global warming is the result of an increase in magnitude of the so-called greenhouse effect, a warming of Earth’s surface and lower atmosphere caused by the …

Present-day climate change includes both global warming —the ongoing increase in global average temperature —and its wider effects on Earth's climate system. Climate change in a …

Jun 3, 2010 · Global warming is the unusually rapid increase in Earth’s average surface temperature over the past century primarily due to the greenhouse gases released as people …

Climate change has accelerated the rate of ice loss across the continent. The "greenhouse effect" is the warming that happens when certain gases in Earth's atmosphere trap heat. These …

Dec 15, 2025 · The severity of global warming has long depended on your frame of reference — on what temperature you think was normal for the Earth before humans began changing it.

Nov 18, 2025 · We often think about human-induced climate change as something that will happen in the future, but it is happening now. Ecosystems and people in the United States and …

Apr 8, 2025 · People often use the terms “global warming” and “climate change” interchangeably, but they are different. Global warming refers to Earth’s rising average temperature, while …

May 29, 2025 · Human activities, principally through emissions of greenhouse gases, have unequivocally caused global warming, with global surface temperature reaching 1.1°C above …

Temperature is warming because the amount of heat-trapping gases in the air is increasing. Since 1958, scientist Charles Keeling and others have measured the amount of carbon dioxide in …

Jul 6, 2023 · What is global warming? Global warming causes, effects, extreme weather, facts, and relation to climate change.