Climate change One can perhaps only imagine... Climate change, also known as anthropogenic (orhuman-caused) global warming, is the rising average temperature ofEarth's atmosphere and oceans and its related effects. The phrase "global warming" by itself is often used to refer to the rapid rise in temperatures that theEarth has experienced since the start of theIndustrial Revolution. In the last 100 years, Earth's average surface temperature increased by about 0.8°C (1.4°F) with about two thirds of the increase occurring over just the last three decades. As a result, anthropogenic global warming has recently become a major concern for humanity. Such concerns are supported worldwide by thewide majority of climatologists. Global-warmingdenialism refers to claims — mostly funded by thefossil-fuel industry passing throughlibertarian foundations ('charities') to cover their tracks — that global warming: - A) is not happening
- B) is not caused byhumans
- C) is not significant enough to be a threat
- D) is not important
- E) is beneficial — highlight positive effects (e.g., crops grow faster and could grow crops in theArctic) while ignoring strong evidence for negative effects (e.g., crops will have lower nutrient levels)
- F) is unsolvable even if it is real (i.e., there is nothing we can do about it, so we shouldn't even try)
- G) will advance thesecond coming of Christ.
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