According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), global warming is defined as ‘the estimated increase in global mean surface temperature (GMST) averaged over a 30-year period, or the 30-year period centered on a particular year or decade, expressed relative to pre-industrial levels unless otherwise specified’ (IPCC, 2018).
Specifically, global warming refers to an accelerated increase in the temperature of the oceans, land, and the atmosphere. This is a result of greenhouse gas emissions from the intense human industrial activity in the past 100 years, from deforestation, and the use of fertilizers in farming, among other reasons. This threatens to alter natural cycles and the life of species that live on earth.
The term global warming has been used for the past few decades as an effective metaphor that sheds light on the problem. However, experts consulted in the creation of this reflectary in Spanish claim that the term gives way to the arguments of those who deny the existence of the phenomenon since global warming does not occur in the same way throughout the planet. Finally, they assert that the term is somewhat reductionist and is obsolete. In its place, they recommend focusing on climate change, climate crisis, or climate emergency.
Specifically, global warming refers to an accelerated increase in the temperature of the oceans, land, and the atmosphere. This is a result of greenhouse gas emissions from the intense human industrial activity in the past 100 years, from deforestation, and the use of fertilizers in farming, among other reasons. This threatens to alter natural cycles and the life of species that live on earth.
The term global warming has been used for the past few decades as an effective metaphor that sheds light on the problem. However, experts consulted in the creation of this reflectary in Spanish claim that the term gives way to the arguments of those who deny the existence of the phenomenon since global warming does not occur in the same way throughout the planet. Finally, they assert that the term is somewhat reductionist and is obsolete. In its place, they recommend focusing on climate change, climate crisis, or climate emergency.
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¿Cúales son las causas del calentamiento global?
IPCC, 2018: Anexo I: Glosario [Matthews J.B.R. (ed.)]. En: Calentamiento global de 1,5 °C, Informe especial del IPCC sobre los impactos del calentamiento global de 1,5 oC con respecto a los niveles preindustriales y las trayectorias correspondientes que deberían seguir las emisiones mundiales de gases de efecto invernadero, en el contexto del reforzamiento de la respuesta mundial a la amenaza del cambio climático, el desarrollo sostenible y los esfuerzos por erradicar la pobreza [Masson-Delmotte V., P. Zhai, H.-O. Pörtner, D. Roberts, J. Skea, P.R. Shukla, A. Pirani, W. Moufouma-Okia, C. Péan, R. Pidcock, S. Connors, J.B.R. Matthews, Y. Chen, X. Zhou, M.I. Gomis, E. Lonnoy, T. Maycock, M. Tignor y T. Water eld (eds.)].
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¿Cúales son las causas del calentamiento global?
IPCC, 2018: Anexo I: Glosario [Matthews J.B.R. (ed.)]. En: Calentamiento global de 1,5 °C, Informe especial del IPCC sobre los impactos del calentamiento global de 1,5 oC con respecto a los niveles preindustriales y las trayectorias correspondientes que deberían seguir las emisiones mundiales de gases de efecto invernadero, en el contexto del reforzamiento de la respuesta mundial a la amenaza del cambio climático, el desarrollo sostenible y los esfuerzos por erradicar la pobreza [Masson-Delmotte V., P. Zhai, H.-O. Pörtner, D. Roberts, J. Skea, P.R. Shukla, A. Pirani, W. Moufouma-Okia, C. Péan, R. Pidcock, S. Connors, J.B.R. Matthews, Y. Chen, X. Zhou, M.I. Gomis, E. Lonnoy, T. Maycock, M. Tignor y T. Water eld (eds.)].
Fundeu.es
unterm.un.org
Photo credit: grmarc