# Climate Change Basics

Understand the basics of climate change: Earth’s atmosphere traps some of the Sun's heat (the greenhouse effect), burning fossil fuels adds extra greenhouse gases (especially CO₂), this is making Earth gradually warmer, and this warming changes weather patterns, melts ice, and raises sea levels

Builds on: Weather vs Climate (hard, https://ai.page/c/weather-vs-climate-science/en.md), The Atmosphere (hard, https://ai.page/c/the-atmosphere/en.md), Oceans & Climate (soft, https://ai.page/c/oceans-and-climate/en.md), Climate Zones (soft, https://ai.page/c/climate-zones/en.md), Natural resources (soft, https://ai.page/c/natural-resources/en.md), Sun-Driven Weather Systems (soft, https://ai.page/c/sun-driven-weather-systems/en.md)

Concept id: climate-change-basics. Subject: science. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0.

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