Climate Change is NOT a Myth, It is Reality

"Even the best democracies agree that when a major war approaches, democracy must be put on hold for the time being. I have a feeling that climate change may be an issue as severe as a war. It may be necessary to put democracy on hold for a while." - James Lovelock

(Hickman, 2010)

Climate change is a long-term change in the Earth’s climate, mostly due to the increase in the average atmospheric temperature (global warming). According to National Snow & Ice Data Center (2012), the most commonly used definition of climate change is a change in the statistical properties of the climate system when considered over long duration of time, regardless of cause. In addition to that, fluctuations over periods less than a few decades, such as El Niño, do not represent climate change. To make it simple, some short-term climate variation is normal, but longer-term trends now indicate a changing climate. A year or two of an extreme change in temperature or other condition does not mean a climate change trend is being followed but change in temperature or other condition in a long run does indicate that climate change is happening. However, the term is mostly used to refer specifically to climate change caused by human activity, instead of changes in climate that may have resulted as part of the Earth's natural processes. In this sense, especially in the context of environmental policy, the term climate change has become synonymous with anthropogenic global warming. (UNFCCC: COP 17, 2011)

Climate includes patterns of temperature, precipitation, humidity, wind and seasons. A lot of systems are tied to climate. Therefore, a change in climate will possibly affect many rel...

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National Aeronautics and Space Administration 2012, ‘Global Climate Change: A blanket around the Earth’, Earth Science Communications Team, California Institute of Technology, viewed 12 February, 2012, .

National Snow & Ice Data Center 2012, ‘Artic Climatology & Meteorology: Climate change’, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, viewed 12 February, 2012, .

United Nation Framework Convention on Climate Change 2011, ‘Conferences of Parties 17’, viewed 14 February, 2012, .

See reference

NASA – see National Aeronautics and Space Administration

UNFCCC – see United Nation Framework Convention on Climate Change