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Climate change refers to long-term changes in temperature, precipitation, and other atmospheric conditions on Earth. It primarily involves the warming of the planet due to increased concentrations of greenhouse gases, like carbon dioxide and methane, from human activities such as burning fossil fuels, deforestation, and industrial processes. These changes can lead to a variety of impacts, including more extreme weather events, rising sea levels, and disruptions to [[ecosystem]]s and agriculture.  

Climate change refers to long-term changes in temperature, precipitation, and other atmospheric conditions on Earth. It primarily involves the warming of the planet due to increased concentrations of greenhouse gases, like carbon dioxide and methane, from human activities such as burning fossil fuels, deforestation, and industrial processes. These changes can lead to a variety of impacts, including more extreme weather events, rising sea levels, and disruptions to [[ecosystem]]s and agriculture.  

Through history, the use of wind power has waxed and waned, from the use of windmills in centuries past to high tech wind turbines on wind farms today.

Through history, the use of wind power has waxed and waned, from the use of windmills in centuries past to high tech wind turbines on wind farms today.

== Climate Change Media ==

== Climate Change Media ==

File:1955- Ocean heat content - NOAA.svg|There has been an increase in [[ocean heat content]] during recent decades as the oceans absorb over 90% of the [[Earth's energy budget|heat from global warming]].

File:1955- Ocean heat content - NOAA.svg|There has been an increase in [[ocean heat content]] during recent decades as the oceans absorb over 90% of the [[Earth's energy budget|heat from global warming]].

File:1880-_Global_surface_temperature_-_heat_map_animation_-_NASA_SVS.webm|NASA animation portraying global surface temperature changes from 1880 to 2023. The colour blue denotes cooler temperatures and red denotes warmer temperatures.{{Clarify| reason=cooler and warmer than _what_? If 1880 shouldn't the animation start out pure white?|date=July 2025}}

File:1880-_Global_surface_temperature_-_heat_map_animation_-_NASA_SVS.webm|NASA animation portraying global surface temperature changes since 1880. The colour blue denotes cooler temperatures and red denotes warmer temperatures. As reference value the mean temperature from 1951 to 1980 is used.

File:Projected Change in Temperatures by 2090.svg|[[Coupled Model Intercomparison Project#CMIP Phase 6|CMIP6]] multi-model projections of [[global surface temperature]] changes for the year 2090 relative to the 1850–1900 average. The current trajectory for warming by the end of the century is roughly halfway between these two extremes.

File:Projected Change in Temperatures by 2090.svg|[[Coupled Model Intercomparison Project#CMIP Phase 6|CMIP6]] multi-model projections of [[global surface temperature]] changes for the year 2090 relative to the 1850–1900 average. The current trajectory for warming by the end of the century is roughly halfway between these two extremes.

== Related pages ==

== Related pages ==

*[[Ecology]]

*[[Ecology]]

*[[Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change]]

*[[Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change]]

*[[Palaeoclimatology]]

*[[Palaeoclimatology]]

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