Trending terms: 'Global warming' vs 'climate change'

Google Trends tracks the relative popularity of internet search terms over time. The popularity of the term "global warming"' has declined globally in recent years, while "climate change" has risen.

Lines show "global warming" peaking around 2007, when "An Inconvenient Truth" came out, and "climate change" rising, particularly in the 2020s.

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