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// Defining Climate Change
Definition
Oxford Dictionary
Changes in the earth's weather, including changes in temperature, wind patterns and rainfall, especially the increase in the temperature of the earth's atmosphere that is caused by the increase of particular gases, especially carbon dioxide
First paragraph
Is a long-term change in the statistical distribution of weather patterns over periods of time that range from decades to millions of years. It may be a change in the average weather conditions or a change in the distribution of weather events with respect to an average
7 indicators that would be expected to increase in a warming world
Sea level
Sea surface temperature
Temperature over oceans
Tropospheric temperature
Ocean heat content
Humidity
Temperature over land
3 indicators would be expected to decrease
Glaciers
Snow cover
Sea Ice
10 Indicators of a Human Fingerprint on Climate Change
Less oxygen in the air
More fossil fuel carbon in the air
30 billion tonnes of CO2 per year
Rising tropopause
More heat returning to Earth
Cooling stratosphere
More fossil fuel carbon in coral
Nights warming faster than days
Shrinking thermosphere
Less heat escaping to space