climate change research
Planetary heating science
Climate change research is the scientific study of long-term shifts in global temperatures and weather patterns, their causes, and their effects.
The field encompasses atmospheric science, oceanography, ecology, and economics.
Climate change research has documented rising sea levels and increasing extreme weather events.
The term often appears in policy debates about funding and environmental regulation.
- greenhouse gasesEmissions that trap heat
- sea level riseIncreasing ocean surface height
- melting glaciersIce fields shrinking from warmth
- renewable energySelf-replenishing natural power
- scientific consensusPrevailing expert judgment
climatology · IPCC · environmental monitoring · hydrology · peer review · environmental science · ice cores · tipping points · carbon cycle · feedback loops · flood defenses · Paris Agreement · biodiversity loss · ecology · remote sensing · extreme weather events · weather patterns · oceanography
climate change researchclimate denialism
Rejecting established atmospheric science
climate change researchweather forecasting
Predicting future atmospheric conditions
climate change researchclimate action
Measures addressing atmospheric change
climate mitigation · climate adaptation · climate activism · geoengineering · climate engineering