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    Climate change caused by greenhouse gas emissions from human activities occurs everywhere on Earth, and while Antarctica is less vulnerable to it than...
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    The climate of Antarctica is the coldest on Earth. The continent is also extremely dry (it is a desert), averaging 166 mm (6.5 in) of precipitation per...
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    "Past changes on fauna and flora distribution". In Oliva, Marc; Ruiz Fernandez, Jesus (eds.). Past Antarctica: paleoclimatology and climate change. London:...
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    In common usage, climate change describes global warming—the ongoing increase in global average temperature—and its effects on Earth's climate system....
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    is one of eight biogeographic realms on Earth's land surface. Climate change in Antarctica is particularly important because the melting of the Antarctic...
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  • Climate change Climate change in the United States Climate change in Australia Climate change in the Arctic Climate change in Antarctica Kreier, Freda...
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  • Thumbnail for History of climate change science
    of the scientific discovery of climate change began in the early 19th century when ice ages and other natural changes in paleoclimate were first suspected...
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  • and adapt to the effects of global warming and climate change—during the year 2024. 19 March: "The climate crisis is the defining challenge that humanity...
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    in the understanding of climate change because they play an important part in determining the sensitivity of the climate to warming forces. Climate forcings...
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    Robert Swan (category Explorers of Antarctica)
    members witnessed firsthand the effects of climate change in Antarctica. They were tasked by Swan to become leaders in sustainability upon their return home...
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    Climate justice is an approach to climate action that focuses on the unequal impacts of climate change on marginalized or otherwise vulnerable populations...
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    of South America. West Antarctica is largely covered by the Antarctic ice sheet, but there have been signs that climate change is having some effect and...
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    Major environmental issues caused by contemporary climate change in the Arctic region range from the well-known, such as the loss of sea ice or melting...
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    analyzing the effects of climate change on birds. Like other animal groups, birds are affected by anthropogenic (human-caused) climate change. The research includes...
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  • Thumbnail for Causes of climate change
    The scientific community has been investigating the causes of climate change for decades. After thousands of studies, it came to a consensus, where it...
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    Effects of climate change are well documented and growing for Earth's natural environment and human societies. Changes to the climate system include an...
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  • Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is the UN process for negotiating an agreement to limit dangerous climate change. Formally it is an international...
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    colleague's multi-part series about climate change in Antarctica, "Warnings from Antarctica", was also nominated for an Emmy in that same category, and became...
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    Climate variability includes all the variations in the climate that last longer than individual weather events, whereas the term climate change only refers...
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    communities lie in such climates, there are some research stations scattered in Antarctica and interior Greenland. Under the Köppen climate classification...
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    Fisheries are affected by climate change in many ways: marine aquatic ecosystems are being affected by rising ocean temperatures, ocean acidification...
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    In climate science, a tipping point is a critical threshold that, when crossed, leads to large, accelerating and often irreversible changes in the climate...
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    The effects of climate change on small island countries are affecting people in coastal areas through sea level rise, increasing heavy rain events, tropical...
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    This human role in climate change is considered "unequivocal" and "incontrovertible".: 4 : 4  Nearly all actively publishing climate scientists say humans...
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    coverage of climate change has had effects on public opinion on climate change, as it conveys the scientific consensus on climate change that the global...
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  • climate change controversies (or list of global warming controversies) concerns past or present public debates over certain aspects of climate change:...
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    Public opinion on climate change is related to a broad set of variables, including the effects of sociodemographic, political, cultural, economic, and...
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    from climate change. Every plant and animal species has evolved to exist within a certain ecological niche. But climate change leads to changes of temperature...
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    otherwise, just as it does in temperate regions with maritime climates. The climate of Antarctica is the coldest on Earth. Antarctica has the lowest naturally...
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  • This glossary of climate change is a list of definitions of terms and concepts relevant to climate change, global warming, and related topics. 0–9 A B...
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