But in the past century, another force has started to influence Earth’s climate: humanity Climate has changed when the planet received more or less sunlight due to subtle shifts in its orbit, as the atmosphere or surface changed, or when the Sun’s energy varied. Throughout its long history, Earth has warmed and cooled time and again. Some of these changes are already occurring. Warming modifies rainfall patterns, amplifies coastal erosion, lengthens the growing season in some regions, melts ice caps and glaciers, and alters the ranges of some infectious diseases. The impact of global warming is far greater than just increasing temperatures.
How Will Earth Respond to Warming Temperatures? Some of this warming will occur even if future greenhouse gas emissions are reduced, because the Earth system has not yet fully adjusted to environmental changes we have already made. Based on plausible emission scenarios, average surface temperatures could rise between 2☌ and 6☌ by the end of the 21st century. Models predict that as the world consumes ever more fossil fuel, greenhouse gas concentrations will continue to rise, and Earth’s average surface temperature will rise with them. These natural causes are still in play today, but their influence is too small or they occur too slowly to explain the rapid warming seen in recent decades. In Earth’s history before the Industrial Revolution, Earth’s climate changed due to natural causes unrelated to human activity. Why Do Scientists Think Current Warming Isn’t Natural? But the current climatic warming is occurring much more rapidly than past warming events. How Does Today’s Warming Compare to Past Climate Change?Įarth has experienced climate change in the past without help from humanity. Global warming is the unusually rapid increase in Earth’s average surface temperature over the past century primarily due to the greenhouse gases released by people burning fossil fuels.
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