"authorization": "https://dictionary.cambridge.org/auth/info?rid=READER_ID&url=CANONICAL_URL&ref=DOCUMENT_REFERRER&type=ENTRY_TRANSLATE&v1=english&v2=global-warming&v3=&v4=english&_=RANDOM", Global warming, or climate change, refers to the trapping of gases in the Earth's atmosphere. googletag.pubads().disableInitialLoad(); }); { bidder: 'pubmatic', params: { publisherId: '158679', adSlot: 'cdo_rightslot2' }}]}]; The change is so small that scientists can barely measure how it affects the temperature of the Earth. Climatologists use proxy measurements to try to figure out past temperatures before there were thermometers. { bidder: 'appnexus', params: { placementId: '11654156' }}, window.__tcfapi('removeEventListener', 2, function(success){ { bidder: 'triplelift', params: { inventoryCode: 'Cambridge_SR' }}, var mapping_rightslot2 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([746, 0], [[300, 250], [120, 600], [160, 600]]).addSize([0, 0], []).build(); var pbjs = pbjs || {}; As technology advanced, it was in the 1980s that there was proof of a rise in CO2 levels. { bidder: 'sovrn', params: { tagid: '446382' }}, { bidder: 'pubmatic', params: { publisherId: '158679', adSlot: 'cdo_btmslot' }}]}, var pbMobileHrSlots = [ Global warming impacts all of the life around us even though not many people recognize it. { bidder: 'ix', params: { siteId: '195451', size: [300, 50] }}, Concern regarding the effects of animal agriculture on air quality from esthetic, health and, It was not an ordinary framework of international cooperation among equal participants, such as those dealing with collective security or, This makes it the standard scientific reference for anyone interested in learning about the socio-economic implications of, Post-modern issues, such as globalisation and, This should not lead one to conclude that devastating epidemics of now-tropical diseases are inevitable concomitants of, In the hypothetical survey referendum in each location between 70 to 89 per cent voted for paying $20 annually to support, The policy implications of this increasing scientific certainty about. Colder areas will warm up faster than warm areas. Most governments have agreed to them but some people in government think nothing should change. { bidder: 'pubmatic', params: { publisherId: '158679', adSlot: 'cdo_topslot' }}]}, { bidder: 'sovrn', params: { tagid: '387233' }}, {code: 'ad_rightslot2', pubstack: { adUnitName: 'cdo_rightslot2', adUnitPath: '/23202586/cdo_rightslot2' }, mediaTypes: { banner: { sizes: [[300, 250], [120, 600], [160, 600]] } }, ...the threat of global warming. Though this warming trend has been going on for a long time, its pace has significantly increased in the last hundred years due to the burning of fossil fuels. dfpSlots['rightslot2'] = googletag.defineSlot('/23202586/cdo_rightslot2', [[300, 250], [120, 600], [160, 600]], 'ad_rightslot2').defineSizeMapping(mapping_rightslot2).setTargeting('sri', '0').setTargeting('vp', 'mid').setTargeting('hp', 'right').addService(googletag.pubads()); Global warming is the temperature of Earth's surface, oceans and atmosphere going up over tens to thousands of years. [7], Climate change has happened constantly over the history of the Earth, including the coming and going of ice ages. With the start of industry in the 1700's, humans began emitting more fossil fuels from coal, oil, and … {code: 'ad_btmslot_a', pubstack: { adUnitName: 'cdo_btmslot', adUnitPath: '/23202586/cdo_btmslot' }, mediaTypes: { banner: { sizes: [[300, 250]] } }, Some people try to stop global warming, usually by burning less fossil fuel. bids: [{ bidder: 'rubicon', params: { accountId: '17282', siteId: '162036', zoneId: '776160', position: 'atf' }}, { bidder: 'openx', params: { unit: '539971066', delDomain: 'idm-d.openx.net' }}, iasLog("criterion : cdo_l = en"); iasLog("__tcfapi useractioncomplete or tcloaded ", tcData, success); Trees that live a long time can give us an idea of how temperature and rain changed while it was alive. { bidder: 'criteo', params: { networkId: 7100, publisherSubId: 'cdo_leftslot' }}, Shading the Earth from some sunlight (this is called geoengineering) could also reduce warming but we don't understand how it might change weather in other ways. { bidder: 'sovrn', params: { tagid: '446382' }}, googletag.enableServices(); googletag.pubads().setTargeting("sfr", "cdo_dict_english"); The global warming controversy concerns the public debate over whether global warming is occurring, how much has occurred in modern times, what has caused it, what its effects will be, whether any action can or should be taken to curb it, and if so what that action should be.