global warming' and 'climate change' mean different things and have both been used for decades.
global warming' and 'climate change' mean different things and have both been used for decades.
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noaa, 17 june 2015; ipcc ar5 syr glossary 2014, p. 120: "climate change refers to a change in the state of the climate that can be identified (e.g., by using statistical tests) by changes in the mean and/or the variability of its properties and that persists for an extended period, typically decades or longer.