A Dec. 24 Instagram post (direct link, archive link) features a screenshot of a tweet that claims the term "global warming" was switched to "climate change" because the Earth wasn't actually getting warmer.
"Remember that time that they had to rebrand 'Global Warming' into 'Climate Change' because it wasn’t actually getting any hotter and their fear-mongering didn't make any sense?" reads the tweet. "I do."
The Instagram post received over 11,000 likes in three days. The original tweet garnered over 1,000 retweets in four days.
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Climate scientists often prefer the term "climate change" to "global warming" because it encompasses more variations in the climate than just warming, but both terms have been used for decades. The Earth is warming at an unprecedented rate, according to experts.
The terms "global warming" and "climate change" have different meanings. Both of them have been used since at least the 1970s.
Climate change refers to long-term changes in the climate, like precipitation, temperature and wind patterns.
Global warming, on the other hand, is "just one aspect of climate change," according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
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