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1) Climate Change (What is it?)

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Greenhouse Effect, Climate Change, and Global Warming

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Climate Chanae: Climate Es the tong-term average of a regiorhs weather events lumped together. For example, it 's possible that a Winter day in Buffalo, New York, could be sunny and mild, but the average weather - the climate *■ te lis us that Buffalo's winters will mainly be cold ani include snfś? iii raiu. Cffmate fftaoge fąpreS:Bf>ts a change in tłisse Iprig-terra weather patterns, Tńsy ican bagprne warmer oręąlder, ^Annual amuunts of rainfatf ;or " snowfail cań increase or decrease.

Global Warmina: Global warming refers to an average increase in the EartiYs temperaturę, which in tum causes changes in climate. A warmer "Earth may lead to changes in rainfall patterns, a rise in sea level, and a wide rangę of impacts on plants, wildiife, and humans. When scientists talk about the issue of climate change, their concern is about global warming caused by human activities.

2) Climate and weather...

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Weather is all around us. Weather may be one of the first things you notice after you wake up. Chances are, if it is cold and snowing, you'll wear a jacket when you go outside. If it's hot and sunny, you may wear shorts.

Sounds pretty simple, right?

But what about climate?

How is it different from weather?

And what is weather, exactly?

Weather

Weather describes whatever is happening outdoors in a given place at a given time. Weather is what happens from minutę to

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