Facts about climate change for Kids
Weather vs. Climate
Weather refers to the state of the atmosphere over several minutes up to several days. It includes lots of things that should be familiar - temperature, humidity, rain, snow, wind speeds, or wind direction. Climate refers to the long-term average (and other statistics) of weather measured over long periods of time (at least several decades).
Here’s a simple way to think about it: Climate is what you expect, but weather is what you get. Say you were going to visit Southern California for a few days in April. You would expect it to be sunny and pleasant, because that’s what the climate of Southern California is usually like in April. It might turn out to be sunny during your trip, or it could rain, be cloudy, chilly or hot. All of those are examples of the weather during those few days.
The C2ES Kids Corner is designed to help you understand how and why our climate is changing, how climate change affects us, and what people can do to slow climate change and prepare for it.
We’ll explain behind climate change, of climate change, and .
The Greenhouse Effect and Climate Change
The picture below shows the greenhouse effect. It is a natural process that warms the planet. Light from the sun passes through the atmosphere and is absorbed by the Earth's surface, warming it.
Greenhouse gases, like carbon dioxide, act like a blanket, trapping heat near the surface and raising the temperature.
Human activities are increasing the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. This traps more heat. In other words, as we add more greenhouse gases, we thicken the blanket that traps heat near the surface. This process is referred to as the human-induced greenhouse effect.
Greenhouse gases stay in the atmosphere for a long time. Although plants and the ocean absorb carbon dioxide, they can’t keep up with all the extra carbon dioxide that people have been putting into the atmosphere. So the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has been increasing over time.
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Energy in three dimensions: the rationale for energy policy must be about more than climate change and green energy.(RETHINKING ENERGY POLICY): An article from: Issues in Science and Technology Book (National Academy of Sciences) |
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How attitudes shape our future: our feelings and attitudes about the future and its risks can lead to either triumph or disaster. Using global warming ... explains why.: An article from: The Futurist Book (Thomson Gale) |
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How We Know What We Know About Our Changing Climate.(How We Know What We Know About Our Changing Climate: Scientists and Kids Explore Global ... An article from: Reviewer's Bookwatch Book (Midwest Book Review) |
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Atomic idyll: global warming has given nuclear power new appeal. But is the cost too great?(Power to Save the World: The Truth About Nuclear Energy)(Book review): An article from: OnEarth Book (Thomson Gale) |
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Thinking about the Arctic's Future: Scenarios for 2040: the warming of the Arctic could mean more circumpolar transportation and access for the rest ... refugees.: An article from: The Futurist Book (Thomson Gale) |
What is an important fact about climate change?
CO2 (the most important gas) has risen from 280 ppm to 379 since pre-industrial times and its growth seems to be accelerating.
Why are the Koch brothers absolutely against accepting that climate change is a fact?
They aren't. They funded a recent climate change study by Richard Muller of University of California, Berkeley that independently analyzed raw climate data and ended up confirming previous climate group's findings.
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