climate change
ongoing human-caused changes to Earth's climate system, driven primarily by fossil fuel combustion since the Industrial Revolution; encompasses global warming, rising sea levels, and increased frequency of extreme weather events
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Summary
climate change is a global problem[1]. It draws 19,019 Wikipedia views per month (global problem category, ranking #1 of 1).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: human impact on the environment[3]
- Subclass of: change[4]
- Part of: environmental issue[5], meteorological phenomenon[6]
- Has part(s): global warming[7], global climate change[8]
- Significant event: lawsuit[9]
- Topic's main category: Category:Climate change[10]
- Described at URL: http://servicios.infoleg.gob.ar/infolegInternet/anexos/240000-244999/242082/norma.htm[11], https://www.ipcc.ch[12]
- Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:Climate change[13]
- Facet of: global risk[14]
- Source code repository URL: https://github.com/topics/climate-change[15]
- Described by source: Encyclopedia of Global Justice[16], Encyclopedia of Armenian Nature[17], Encyclopedia of Political Theory[18], Lean Logic[19], Red Blue Translator[20], Dresdner Hefte[21]
- Topic has template: Template:Climate change[22], Template:Climate change sidebar[23]
- Has effect: effects of climate change[24], extinction event[25], economic impacts of climate change[26], climate apocalypse[27], climate migration[28]
- Has characteristic: climate change scenario[29], climate crisis[30]
- Different from: climate catastrophe[31], climate variability[32]
- Studied by: climatology[33]
- Exact match: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000629[34]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Zika Corpus[35], WikiProject Climate change[36]
Why It Matters
climate change has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37] It is known by 87 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]