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Climate Change
Climate change is a long-term shift in global or regional climate patterns. Often
climate change refers specifically to the rise in global temperatures from the mid-
20th century to present.
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Fracking is a controversial form of drilling that uses high-pressure liquid to create
cracks in underground shale to extract natural gas and petroleum. Carbon emissions
from fossils fuels like these have been linked to global warming and climate change.
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Climate is sometimes mistaken for weather. But climate is different from weather
because it is measured over a long period of time, whereas weather can change
from day to day, or from year to year. The climate of an area includes seasonal
temperature and rainfall averages, and wind patterns. Different places have
different climates. A desert, for example, is referred to as an arid climate because
little water falls, as rain or snow, during the year. Other types of climate include
tropical climates, which are hot and humid, and temperate climates, which have
warm summers and cooler winters.
Together with expanding ocean waters due to rising temperatures, the resulting rise
in sea level has begun to damage coastlines as a result of increased flooding and
erosion.
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Climate Change
Global temperatures and sea levels are rising, and possibly contributing to larger more
devastating storms. This can all be contributed to climate change. Climate change is
defined as gradual changes in all the interconnected weather elements on our planet
over approximately 30 years. The data shows the Earth is warming and it's up to us to…
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