Yes, it's happening, though surface temperature is not as relevant as overall temperature (including oceans), because oceans absorb a LOT of heat and are rising

Yes, it's happening, though surface temperature is not as relevant as overall temperature (including oceans), because oceans absorb a LOT of heat and are rising in temp faster than the land. In any case, climate change is the better term, it's more generalizable to flooding, hurricanes, polar vortex, ecosystem collapse, coral bleaching, etc. If you use the term global warming, it conveys much less of how broadly the upcoming changes will be seen.