Global Warming or Climate Change?

Question

Since we are all freezing our butts off this year, it seem as if the Warmists are dropping the term "Global Warming" in favour of the term "Climate Change". Is this a coincidence or an edict from the Climate God, Al Gore?

Answer 1

Its simple...

Global Change!

Answer 2

Yup I have noticed that. It's amusing because the environment has been changing since the dawn of time. But of course I don't know anything! I only have a pesky Medieval History degree and have studied the extremes in weather/climate change from 1066 to the 1700's. It's really interesting how the world went from warm mild winters to the "Little Ice Age". One has to wonder where those peasants kept those evil SUV's, how the heck else did they score such a heat wave or bring down the temp. Of course the cold did have one up side. It curtailed the plague.

Answer 3

global warming is a form of Climate Change. you can pretty much use them interchangeably because we are in a period of global warming.

just because you are "all freezing our butts off this year" it dose not mean that the whole world is freezing or not warming.

http://data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/graphs...

Answer 4

Typical skeptic delusion.  Our masters from Betelgeuse are the ones who control this, not Gore.  At first, I felt a little guilty for selling out humanity, but I got over it once I realized I could get a really big plasma tv and blue-ray player out of the deal.

Answer 5

when you say GLOBAL WARMING it is an environmental distraction made by man...but in CLIMATE CHANGE it is by nature....

Answer 6

I still kinda go wit global warming. Who knows rite now?

Answer 7

A spokesman for the Royal Society, Britain's leading scientific academy, said: "At present there is a small minority which is seeking to deliberately confuse the public on the causes of climate change.

"They are often misrepresenting the science, when the reality is that the evidence is getting stronger every day.

"We have reached a point where a failure to take action to reduce carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions would be irresponsible and dangerous."

Answer 8

We've been unseasonably warm here in AZ!

Answer 9

Actually, many of the people who are working to do something about this crisis tend to prefer "climate change" because, unfortunately, when you use the term "global warming," it literally inspires people to think of tropical locales and nice days at the beach, and it is literally not urgent enough.  Global warming just doesn't capture the depth of the challenge that we are facing.  The term, "climate change," however, implies not just that our days might get a little warmer but that we may actually alter ecosystems and our ability to grow food.  It lends more urgency, justifiably, to the situation and conveys the reason that we must all be concerned and need to take action.

Answer 10

No, it's because oil industry dupes who don't know the difference between climate and weather were using the term "global warming" to confuse people. Global warming means more extreme weather events, so climate change is more descriptive. The only people who pay attention to Al Gore are global warming deniers, who else would be ignorant enough to look to a politician for science information? Snort.

Answer 11

Local or seasonal conditions are not relevant. Where I live we are having a warm winter.  Which is as irrelevant as your cold temperatures. Global warming refers to LONG-TERM AVERAGE trends in overall global temperatures.

Will you at least read enough real science to know how the basic terms are defined and what they mean?

Answer 12

because the glaciers are melting and thats y we are really worried about the issue SIR!

Answer 13

I don't know why it isn't being called Universal Warming/Climate Change?We could go on to Intergalactic...etc

Whens the nonsense going to end?