Home – Climate Change: Vital Signs of the Planet Vital Signs of the Planet: Global Climate Change and Global Warming Current news and data streams about global warming and climate change from NASA
Climate Change: Vital Signs of the Planet Climate change is a long-term change in the average weather patterns that have come to define Earth’s local, regional and global climates These changes have a broad range of observed effects that are synonymous with the term
Climate Time Machine Vital Signs of the Planet: Global Climate Change and Global Warming Current news and data streams about global warming and climate change from NASA
Causes | Facts – Climate Change: Vital Signs of the Planet Vital Signs of the Planet: Global Climate Change and Global Warming What is the “greenhouse effect”? What is causing it? Are humans to blame? What does solar irradiance have to do with it? Answers here
Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Adaptation – adapting to life in a changing climate – involves adjusting to actual or expected future climate The goal is to reduce our risks from the harmful effects of climate change (like sea-level rise, more intense extreme weather events, or food insecurity)
Carbon Dioxide - Climate Change: Vital Signs of the Planet Key Takeaway: Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere warms the planet, causing climate change Human activities have raised the atmosphere’s carbon dioxide content by 50% in less than 200 years