Essay on Global Climate Change Climate and weather are both conditions of our atmosphere. Weather is a condition over a short period of time, degrees, whether it is raining, snowing, windy, etc. and the climate is over a long period of time, if you live in a more tropical place it would be more humid, humid and warm. Climate is basically what the weather usually represents normal conditions in a place, a longer period than average weather. Depending on where you live will determine the climate and the type of weather you usually have and now you hear that there is global warming and the coldest places are getting hotter, the hottest places are getting a blast of cold and the polar ice caps are melting. So climate and weather are probably different now for many, many places than they were four or five years ago. For example, if you live in the south, near the equator, where it's warm, like in Tampa, Florida, the climate is humid and hot most of the year and temperatures are in the 80s and 90s. But if you live somewhere further north, closer to the North Pole, like in Manchester, England, it's usually cold and rainy most of the year with temperatures between 40 and 60 degrees. Global warming and climate change are not the same thing. However, many newspapers, magazines and commercials use them so much that it is as if they are and many people believe that they are. Global warming actually happens when the earth loses more energy than it should gain. Climate uses the energy that the earth receives and the energy that is radiated from the earth. When it is balanced correctly, the climate is more normal and more stable. Climate change is a long period of local average weather conditions, as mentioned in the previous sentences, but it is also...... middle of paper...... men play in a community. Sea levels are also affected by global climate change. temperature change. Because the polar ice caps are melting and this causes more water to be on the land and sea levels to rise. Our sea level has risen and has risen 4 inches in the last century. This means less land for us because it will be invaded by new water rising from the melting ice. We should go to higher areas, the less land we have the less people we can have. Ocean animals will be harmed when the cold water drops if they are not supposed to be in cold water, and cold water animals will be harmed because they are not supposed to be in warmer water. Polar bears and other Arctic animals will become extinct once their habitat disappears. Tectonic plates are also affected and not only move the land but also the sea. It can cause tsunamis and earthquakes.