Climate change

Environmental Glossary

A glossary of terms on the Environment, Ecology, Earth Sciences, and Sustainability

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This glossary is far from complete. We are constantly adding terms.

Definition

Changing of the global climate over time Global warming

Note

While technically climate change refers to any change in the climate, including ice ages, today the term usually refers to global warming.