Climate change

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Variations in CO2, temperature and dust from the Vostok ice core over the last 400,000 years

Variations in CO₂, temperature and dust from the Vostok ice core over the last 400,000 years

For current global climate change, see Global warming.

Climate change means the variation in the Earth's global climate or in regional climates over time.

It describes changes in the state of the atmosphere over time scales ranging from decades to millions of years. These changes can be caused by processes internal to the Earth, forces from outside (e.g. variations in sunlight intensity) or, more recently, human activities.

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