Climatologists use the term "climate change" now instead of "global warming," because the Earth is an incredibly dynamic living planet. The Earth and all that is part of it has an amazing and almost endless ability to equilibrate. Although the overall outcome may be warmer temps across the board in the future, for now and probably the more immediate future, ocean storms and currents will affect our weather more harshly. This will lead to devastation from stronger, less predictable storms and fluctuating temps, aka "climate change." Changing jet streams and ocean currents can lead to this, and has.
Climatologists use the term "climate change" now instead of "global warming," because the Earth is an incredibly dynamic living planet. The Earth and all that is part of it has an amazing and almost endless ability to equilibrate. Although the overall outcome may be warmer temps across the board in the future, for now and probably the more immediate future, ocean storms and currents will affect our weather more harshly. This will lead to devastation from stronger, less predictable storms and fluctuating temps, aka "climate change." Changing jet streams and ocean currents can lead to this, and has.