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This is a list of statements by major scientific organizations about climate change, that have issued formal statements of opinion, classifies those organizations according to whether they concur with the IPCC view (i.e. the scientific consensus on climate change ), are non-committal, or dissent from it.
Climate change has led to the United States warming by 2.6 °F (1.4 °C) since 1970. [3] The climate of the United States is shifting in ways that are widespread and varied between regions. [4] [5] From 2010 to 2019, the United States experienced its hottest decade on record. [6] Extreme weather events, invasive species, floods and droughts are increasing. [7] [8] [9] Climate change's impacts ...
This is a list of climate change initiatives of international, national, regional, and local political initiatives to take action on climate change ( global warming ).
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In common usage, climate change describes global warming —the ongoing increase in global average temperature—and its effects on Earth's climate system. Climate change in a broader sense also includes previous long-term changes to Earth's climate.
As Hurricane Beryl batters Texas and extreme heat blankets much of the U.S. South and West, the world is set for another week of wild weather that human-caused climate change makes more likely ...
The list of climate change controversies (or list of global warming controversies) concerns past or present public debates over certain aspects of climate change: whether it is occurring ( climate change deniers dispute this), how much has occurred in modern times, what has caused it, what its effects will be, whether action should be taken to curb it now or later, and so forth. In the ...
The scientific community has been investigating the causes of climate change for decades. After thousands of studies, it came to a consensus, where it is "unequivocal that human influence has warmed the atmosphere, ocean and land since pre-industrial times." [1] : 3 This consensus is supported by around 200 scientific organizations worldwide, [2] The dominant role in this climate change has ...