Steven Spielberg’s private jet has burned $116,000 worth of jet fuel in two months spanning nearly 17,000 miles. Spielberg has previously stated that global warming “terrified” him.

The longer we wait to do something serious about global warming and climate change, the worse they will get. Even though its effects are already being seen in droughts, storms, wildfires, and temperature extremes on both ends of the scale that have never been seen before, it is not too late to slow it down and lessen its effects.

What does global warming mean?

Global warming is the steady rise in temperature that is caused by more greenhouse gases being released into the air. Greenhouse gases like chlorofluorocarbons, methane, nitrous oxide, carbon dioxide, and ozone are found in the troposphere (CFCs). They let shortwave solar energy get into the air and warm the surface of the Earth. Longwave radiation, which comes from the Earth’s surface and warms the air, oceans, and land, is also trapped by the same greenhouse gases. The greenhouse effect is the name for this effect.

The greenhouse effect doesn’t hurt anything by itself. In fact, without it, the Earth would be too cold for life to exist. The risk comes from the effects of fossil fuels and greenhouse gases that add up over time. When coal, oil, and natural gas are burned, they give off a lot of CO2, which is the most common greenhouse gas. Our planet’s ability to keep a steady temperature is limited by the gases that are made, which build up faster than the atmosphere can take them in. When population growth, industrial growth, and a lot of deforestation are all taken into account, gas levels in the atmosphere are at levels that have never been seen in the 200,000 years that humans have been around.

How are climate change and global warming different?

People often think that global warming and climate change are the same thing, but there are many important differences between the two. Global warming is the term for the planet’s temperatures going up, while climate change is what happens when temperatures go up, like when glaciers melt, it rains harder, it gets really cold, or there are long droughts that cause wildfires to get out of control.

When scientists or government officials talk about “global warming,” they usually mean warming that is caused by people. This is shown by the fact that greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide are getting more common because people are burning fossil fuels. But the word “climate change” can be used to talk about both natural and man-made things, like ice ages.

What Happens When the Earth Gets Warmer?

No matter if you say “global warming,” “climate change,” or both, you’re talking about the same thing: the Earth’s system is getting warmer as more heat builds up. Both of these ideas have the potential to change life on Earth in a way that can’t be changed back. If we don’t try to stop global warming, its effects will only get worse over time.

Weather that is different

As the planet gets hotter, there will be more extreme weather and climate events like heat waves and droughts. In the last 50 years, the United States has had long periods of record-high temperatures, strong storms, and both floods and droughts in some areas.