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>Why do people say climate change now instead of global warming?

It was an attempt at 'better' Science Communication and public marketing.
When people heard "Global Warming" the average person thought of palm trees growing in the UK, dramatic increases in arable land in Canada & Russia, and so forth. They changed it to "Climate Change" in an effort to better communicate the fact that when the planet heats up due to increases in greenhouse gases what you actually get is more extreme weather systems: worse droughts, worse rain, worse winds, worse winters, etc..

>Is global warming a meme

Not completely, no.
Is Anthropomorphic climate change fake and gay? No, see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1SgmFa0r04&t=40s&ab_channel=NASAGoddard Without any frills what's basically happening is Northern Hemisphere countries (like America and China) create seasonal spikes in emissions during the winter months when energy demands are at their highest and this creates atmospheric discrepancies & disturbances the planet finds "yucky" (The planet craves homeostasis: if we released the exact amount of emissions, every year, for a hundred years, it would be better than sporadic amounts) which result in storms, droughts, climate change, etc. Emission levels then lower during the summer when the plants come out and engorge themselves, but every year there's a little bit more excess that doesn't get ate up - that's what climate scientists are worried about and what actually contribute to the planet getting warmer.

With all that said: everything negative we commonly attribute to global warming can be alleviated with better environmental stewardship.
Carbon credits are a scam, net zero is a scam, the only thing that *actually* makes a differences is sequestering and preserving habitat for plants and animals. Which isn't hard, nor does it actually cost money, but it doesn't *make* money, so it may as well be satanic.

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