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10. Scientists have long used both terms, and they have different meanings.
Sun Nov 3, 2019, 08:04 PM
Nov 2019

Within scientific journals the term global warming is used to describe surface temperature increases and the term climate change encompasses global warming and the broader impact that will result from increased greenhouse gas amounts.

From a scientific perspective, "global warming" -- surface temperature change -- is not in and of itself the most significant impact of a changing climate. Focusing on higher temperatures downplays the increases in sea level, more frequent and severe storms and droughts that will have a long term and devastating impact on aea level increase, severe storms, etc. are having, and will have, a greater impact on humanity than surface temperature change in and of itself.

And I have no idea how you came up with idea that the term "climate change" was invented by Frank Luntz.

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