jay pettitt

governments refer to this as global warming and scientists refer to this as climate change

I refer to it as climate change. If you wanted to change the climate of a planet, this is what it would look like:

http://tamino.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/kinnard_2011_sea_ice.jpg?w=500

Climate change is better for the scientists & governments, because the effects (and management needs) differ by region.