Understanding Climate Change



weather_extremes
Climate vs Weather Weather is the temperature, humidity, precipitation, cloudiness and wind that we experience in the atmosphere at a given time in a specific location. Climate is the average weather in a region over a long time period (30 – 50 years). Climate change is a systematic change in […]

Climate Change 101


the greenhouse effect
Throughout its history, Earth’s climate has varied, reflecting the complex interactions and dependencies of the solar, oceanic, terrestrial, atmospheric, and living components that make up planet Earth’s systems. For at least the last million years, our world has experienced cycles of warming and cooling that take approximately 100,000 years to […]

The Essential Principles of Climate Change