An infographic on climate change shows the dangers it brings as well as the effect it has on the world today.Climate change and global warming have been used interchangeably. Although they seem to refer to the same thing, they technically are different. Global warming refers to the rise in average temperature near the Earth's surface while climate change refers to any significant change in climate over a long period of time.
Climate change addresses significant and long term changes in climate factors which include but not limited to temperature, precipitation, or wind patterns.
Major scientific organizations such as the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) agree that climate change is happening and that man is a major contributor to it. In 2010, the National Research Council concluded that "Climate change is occurring, is very likely caused by human activities, and poses significant risks for a broad range of human and natural systems".
The infographic communicates the dangers that climate change can bring as well as changes that are already happening because of it.
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