Climate change
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| 2018 |
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Climate change is a change in the statistical distribution of weather patterns when that change lasts for an extended period of time (i.e., decades to millions of years). Climate change may refer to a change in average weather conditions, or in the time variation of weather within the context of longer-term average conditions. Climate change is caused by factors such as biotic processes, variations in solar radiation received by Earth, plate tectonics , and volcanic eruptions . Certain human activities have been identified as primary causes of ongoing climate change, often referred to as global warming . [1] There is no general agreement in scientific, media or policy documents as to the precise term to be used to refer to anthropogenic forced change; either "global warming" or "climate change" may be used. [2] [3] [4] |
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| 2017 |
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Climate change is a change in the statistical distribution of weather patterns when that change lasts for an extended period of time (i.e., decades to millions of years). Climate change may refer to a change in average weather conditions, or in the time variation of weather within the context of longer-term average conditions. Climate change is caused by factors such as biotic processes, variations in solar radiation received by Earth, plate tectonics , and volcanic eruptions . Certain human activities have been identified as primary causes of ongoing climate change, often referred to as global warming . [1] |
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| 2016 |
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Climate change is a change in the statistical distribution of weather patterns when that change lasts for an extended period of time (i.e., decades to millions of years). Climate change may refer to a change in average weather conditions, or in the time variation of weather around longer-term average conditions (i.e., more or fewer extreme weather events). Climate change is caused by factors such as biotic processes, variations in solar radiation received by Earth, plate tectonics , and volcanic eruptions . Certain human activities have also been identified as significant causes of recent climate change, often referred to as global warming . [1] |
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| 2015 |
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Climate change is a change in the statistical distribution of weather patterns when that change lasts for an extended period of time (i.e., decades to millions of years). Climate change may refer to a change in average weather conditions, or in the time variation of weather around longer-term average conditions (i.e., more or fewer extreme weather events). Climate change is caused by factors such as biotic processes, variations in solar radiation received by Earth, plate tectonics , and volcanic eruptions . Certain human activities have also been identified as significant causes of recent climate change, often referred to as " global warming ". [1] |
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| 2014 |
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Climate change is a change in the statistical distribution of weather patterns when that change lasts for an extended period of time (i.e., decades to millions of years). Climate change may refer to a change in average weather conditions, or in the time variation of weather around longer-term average conditions (i.e., more or fewer extreme weather events). Climate change is caused by factors such as biotic processes, variations in solar radiation received by Earth, plate tectonics , and volcanic eruptions . Certain human activities have also been identified as significant causes of recent climate change, often referred to as " global warming ". [1] |
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| 2013 |
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Climate change is a significant and lasting change in the statistical distribution of weather patterns over periods ranging from decades to millions of years. It may be a change in average weather conditions, or in the distribution of weather around the average conditions (i.e., more or fewer extreme weather events). Climate change is caused by factors such as biotic processes, variations in solar radiation received by Earth, plate tectonics , and volcanic eruptions . Certain human activities have also been identified as significant causes of recent climate change, often referred to as "global warming" . [1] |
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| 2012 |
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Climate change is a significant and lasting change in the statistical distribution of weather patterns over periods ranging from decades to millions of years. It may be a change in average weather conditions, or in the distribution of weather around the average conditions (i.e., more or fewer extreme weather events). Climate change is caused by factors that include oceanic processes (such as oceanic circulation ), variations in solar radiation received by Earth, plate tectonics and volcanic eruptions , and human-induced alterations of the natural world; these latter effects are currently causing global warming , and "climate change" is often used to describe human-specific impacts. |
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| 2011 |
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Climate change is a significant and lasting change in the statistical distribution of weather patterns over periods ranging from decades to millions of years. It may be a change in average weather conditions or the distribution of events around that average (e.g., more or fewer extreme weather events). Climate change may be limited to a specific region or may occur across the whole Earth . |
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| 2010 |
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Climate change is a long-term change in the statistical distribution of weather patterns over periods of time that range from decades to millions of years. It may be a change in the average weather conditions or a change in the distribution of weather events with respect to an average, for example, greater or fewer extreme weather events. Climate change may be limited to a specific region , or may occur across the whole Earth . |
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| 2009 |
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Climate change is a change in the statistical distribution of weather over periods of time that range from decades to millions of years. It can be a change in the average weather or a change in the distribution of weather events around an average (for example, greater or fewer extreme weather events). Climate change may be limited to a specific region , or may occur across the whole Earth . |
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| 2008 |
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3. Monitoring the current status of climate 4. Evidence for climatic change |
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Climate change is any long-term significant change in the “average weather” of a region or the earth as a whole. Average weather may include average temperature, precipitation and wind patterns. It involves changes in the variability or average state of the atmosphere over durations ranging from decades to millions of years. These changes can be caused by dynamic processes on Earth , external forces including variations in sunlight intensity, and more recently by human activities. |
| 2007 |
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3. Monitoring the current status of climate 4. Evidence for climatic change 6. Climate change in popular culture |
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Climate change is the variation in the Earth 's global climate or in regional climates over time. It involves changes in the variability or average state of the atmosphere over durations ranging from decades to millions of years. These changes can be caused by dynamic process on Earth, external forces including variations in sunlight intensity, and more recently by human activities. |
| 2006 |
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3. Monitoring the current status of climate 4. Evidence for Climatic Change |
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Climate change refers to the variation in the Earth 's global climate or in regional climates over time. It describes changes in the variability or average state of the atmosphere — or average weather — over time scales ranging from decades to millions of years. These changes may come from processes internal to the Earth, be driven by external forces (e.g. variations in sunlight intensity) or, most recently, be caused by human activities. |
| 2005 |
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The term climate change refers to the variation in the Earth 's global climate or regional climates over time. It describes changes in the variability or average state of the atmosphere - or average weather - over time scales ranging from decades to millions of years. These changes can come from internal processes, be driven by external forces or, most recently, be caused by human activities. |
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| 2004 |
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| 2003 |
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2. Evaluation of the relative importance of various factors 3. Attribution of climate change |
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The term climate change is used to refer to changes in the Earth 's climate . Generally, this is taken to mean changes in the temperature, though 'climate' encompasses many other variables (precipitation, clouds, etc). 'Climate change' includes natural and anthropogenic forcing; ' global warming ' is usually used to mean changes with predominantly anthropogenic forcing. For information on climate change over various periods, and the data sources available, see historical temperature record . |
| 2002 |
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The term climate change is sometimes used to refer to all forms of climatic inconsistency, but because the Earth 's climate is never static, the term is more properly used to imply a significant change from one climatic condition to another. In some cases, 'climate change' has been used synonymously with the term, ' global warming '; scientists however, tend to use the term in the wider sense to also include natural changes in climate. |