What is climate change?
Climate change is a long-term, large-scale change in the planet’s average temperatures and weather patterns.
Climate change is a long-term, large-scale change in the planet’s average temperatures and weather patterns. For example, in its 4.5 billion years, the Earth has experienced tropical climates and ice ages many times.
There is evidence to show that Earth’s temperature is rising, and this is due to an increase in greenhouse gases that will lead to a range of positive and negative effects around the world.
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