Global climate change
Physical and human causes of climate change
Climate change is lasting change in long term weather patterns over a significant period of time. Climate change has positive and negative impacts and physical and human causes.
Local and global effects of climate change
Climate change brings about a range of effects, many of them related to global warming. Most of these effects are negative and have devastating environmental, economic and social consequences.
Management strategies and their limitations
There are many strategies employed to minimise the impact of climate change, at local and global level. These strategies have varying impacts and limitations.
Video playlist
Effects of the Earth's changing orbit. Video
How changes to Earth's orbit can contribute to changes in temperature and climate.
Studying ice cores. Video
Iain Stewart examines ice cores to look for evidence of multiple ice ages.
Powerful volcanic eruptions. Video
An animation of the Mount Pinatubo eruption of 1991 in the Philippines and its effects.
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