Climate Change Scholarly Peer-review Journal
Climate Change is the defining issue of our time and we are at a defining moment. From shifting weather patterns that threaten food production, to rising sea levels that increase the risk of catastrophic flooding, the impacts of
climate change are global in scope and unprecedented in scale. Without drastic action today, adapting to these impacts in the future will be more difficult and costly.
Global warming is the ongoing rise of the average temperature of the Earth's
climate system and has been demonstrated by direct temperature measurements and by measurements of various effects of the warming. It is a major aspect of
climate change which, in addition to rising global surface temperatures, also includes its effects, such as changes in precipitation. While there have been prehistoric periods of global warming, observed changes since the mid-20th century have been unprecedented in rate and scale.
The Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change (IPCC) concluded that "human influence on
climate has been the dominant cause of observed warming since the mid-20th century". These findings have been recognized by the national science academies of major nations and are not disputed by any scientific body of national or international standing.
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