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Heating up: Here’s how climate change works

Bhekisisa Team

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December 6, 2023

Bhekisisa Team

December 6, 2023

Burning fossil fuels such as coal and oil releases greenhouse gases into the air.

If too much of these gases go into the atmosphere, the Earth’s air temperature starts to rise. This is called global warming.

What the atmosphere is like determines the weather patterns on Earth. If the air gets too warm, it upsets the Earth’s climate. This is called climate change.