The term “climate change” generally refers to anthropogenic temperature increases and the corresponding impacts of these increases on global precipitation patterns, wind and other meteorological atmospheric phenomena. Human-fueled climate change is affecting temperatures in all types of environments worldwide, including deciduous forests, and is projected to continue to do so in the foreseeable future -- by how much depends on whether we significantly modify our emissions of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. Although the Earth has experienced natural cycles of temperature changes throughout its long history, average temperatures in the modern era may eventually surpass previous norms, ultimately resulting in major widespread alterations to deciduous forest ecosystems
