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    The document discusses global warming and climate change. It states that global warming is the long-term heating of Earth’s climate system due to human activities like burning fossil fuels. This has increased average global temperatures by 1 degree Celsius since the pre-industrial period and temperatures are rising by 0.2 degrees per decade. It also notes that climate change refers to both human- and naturally-caused changes in weather patterns over time.

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    -industrial period, human activities are estimated to have increased Earth’s global average

    temperature by about 1 degree Celsius (1.8 degrees Fahrenheit), a number that is currently
    increasing by 0.2 degrees Celsius (0.36 degrees Fahrenheit) per decade. Most of the current
    warming trend is extremely likely (greater than 95 percent probability) the result of human
    activity since the 1950s and is proceeding at an unprecedented rate over decades to
    millennia.This is a

    Global warming is the long-term heating of Earth’s climate system observed since the pre-
    industrial period (between 1850 and 1900) due to human activities, primarily fossil fuel burning,
    which increases heat-trapping greenhouse gas levels in Earth’s atmosphere. The term is
    frequently used interchangeably with the term climate change, though the latter refers to both
    human- and naturally produced warming and the effects it has on our planet. It is most
    commonly What is Climate Change?

    Climate change is a long-term change in the average weather patterns that have come to define
    Earth’s local, regional and global climates. These changes have a broad range of observed effects
    that are synonymous with the measured as the average increase in Earth’s global surface
    temperature.

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    term.

    Changes observed in Earth’s climate since the early 20th century are primarily driven by human
    activities, particularly fossil fuel burning, which increases heat-trapping greenhouse gas levels in
    Earth’s atmosphere, raising Earth’s average surface temperature. These human-produced
    temperature increases are commonly referred to as global warming. Natural processes can also
    contribute to climate change, including internal variability (e.g., cyclical ocean patterns like El
    Niño, La Niña and the Pacific Decadal Oscillation) and external forcings (e.g., volcanic activity,
    changes in the Sun’s energy output, variations in Earth’s orbit).

    Scientists use observations from the ground, air and space, along with theoretical models, to
    monitor and study past, present and future climate change. Climate data records provide
    evidence of climate change key indicators, such as global land and ocean temperature increases;
    rising sea levels; ice loss at Earth’s poles and in mountain glaciers; frequency and severity
    changes in extreme weather such as hurricanes, heatwaves, wildfires, droughts, floods and
    precipitation; and cloud and vegetation cover changes, to name but a few.
    Find Out More: A Guide to NASA’s Global Climate Change Website

    This website provides a high-level overview of some of the known causes, effects and
    indications of global climate change:

    Evidence. Brief descriptions of some of the key scientific observations that our planet is
    undergoing abrupt climate change.

    Causes. A concise discussion of the primary climate change causes on our planet.

    Effects. A look at some of the likely future effects of climate change, including U.S. regional
    effects.

    Vital Signs. Graphs and animated time series showing real-time climate change data, including
    atmospheric carbon dioxide, global temperature, sea ice extent and ice sheet volume.

    Earth Minute. This fun video series explains various Earth science topics, including some
    climate change topics.

    Other NASA Resources

    Goddard Scientific Visualization Studio. An extensive collection of animated climate change and
    Earth science visualizations.

    Sea Level Change Portal. NASA's portal for an in-depth look at the science behind sea level
    change.

    NASA’s Earth Observatory. Satellite imagery, feature articles and scientific information about
    our home planet, with a focus on Earth’s climate and environmental change.
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