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Haijun Song, "Thresholds of temperature change for mass extinctions"

CO2 Sequestration. Earth's Energy Budget. Radiation In The Environment. The Blackboard » The meaning of R2 in pictures: Mann v. Steyn/Simberg/CEI/NRO. Category:Climate change - Wikipedia. Global warming. Global mean land-ocean temperature change from 1880 to 2014, relative to the 1951–1980 mean. The black line is the annual mean and the red line is the 5-year running mean. The green bars show uncertainty estimates.

Source: NASA GISS. The map shows the 10-year average (2000–2009) global mean temperature anomaly relative to the 1951–1980 mean. The largest temperature increases are in the Arctic and the Antarctic Peninsula. Fossil fuel related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions compared to five of the IPCC's "SRES" emissions scenarios. Global warming and climate change can both refer to the observed century-scale rise in the average temperature of the Earth's climate system and its related effects, although climate change can also refer to any historic change in climate. Scientific understanding of the cause of global warming has been increasing.

Climate model projections were summarized in the 2013 Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) by the IPCC. Observed temperature changes Greenhouse gases. Climate change - Wikipedia. Current rise in Earth's average temperature and its effects Climate change has an increasing impact on the environment. Deserts are expanding, while heat waves and wildfires are becoming more common.[6] Amplified warming in the Arctic has contributed to thawing permafrost, retreat of glaciers and sea ice decline.[7] Higher temperatures are also causing more intense storms, droughts, and other weather extremes.[8] Rapid environmental change in mountains, coral reefs, and the Arctic is forcing many species to relocate or become extinct.[9] Even if efforts to minimise future warming are successful, some effects will continue for centuries.

These include ocean heating, ocean acidification and sea level rise.[10] Climate change threatens people with increased flooding, extreme heat, increased food and water scarcity, more disease, and economic loss. Terminology In the 1980s, the terms global warming and climate change became more common. Global temperature rise Differences by region Modelling. Category:Climatology - Wikipedia. Climatology. Environmental Issues. Environmentalism. Externalities. Global Warming Skepticism. Climate Change Debates. Atmospheric Science. Biology, env. & Agriculture. Science. Subjects of learning.