NAME CHANGE? FROM "GLOBAL WARMING" TO "CLIMATE CHANGE"? AS FAR AS I KNOW, THAT HAPPENED AROUND THE RELATIVE LEVELING OFF IN TEMPERATURE RISES HERE. SCIENTISTS WERE PAYING ATTENTION TO THE DATA AND ADJUSTED THEIR TERMINOLOGY! BUT: THEN THE WARMING RETURNED IN FORCE. THESE DAYS, ANY DISTINCTION YOU MIGHT TRY TO DRAW BETWEEN THOSE TWO TERMS IS UNIMPORTANT. AS THE RED TREND LINE SHOWS, THE WORLD IS WARMING.