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Climate change

Written by the Fiveable Content Team โ€ข Last updated September 2025
Written by the Fiveable Content Team โ€ข Last updated September 2025

Definition

Climate Change is a long-term alteration of temperature and typical weather patterns in a place, largely due to human activities like burning fossil fuels, which release greenhouse gases into Earth's atmosphere. These changes have significant environmental, political, and economic impacts worldwide.

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