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climate
climate The characteristic pattern of weather elements in an area over a period. The weather elements include temperature, rainfall, humidity, solar insolation, wind, etc. The climate of a large area is determined by several climatic controls: (1) the latitude of the area, which accounts for the amount of solar radiation it receives; (2) the distribution of land and sea masses; (3) the altitude and topography of the area; and (4) the location of the area in relation to the ocean currents. Weather elements are important
abiotic factors.
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Climate change is unwanted and demanding guest at aid table
Newspaper article from: The Press; 12/14/2009; ; 700+ words
; Climate change gives the world's aid agencies...Climate change has become the unwelcome guest at...former US vice-president Al Gore labelled climate change as an "inconvenient truth" for...
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Climate change conspiracies
Newspaper article from: The Independent on Sunday; 12/6/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...emails used to ridicule global warming Climate sceptics are blamed for disrupting crucial...being behind the stolen emails used by climate sceptics to discredit the science of global...in advance of tomorrow's Copenhagen climate negotiations, the United Nations' deputy...
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Climate change: Why we should be doing more
Newspaper article from: The Nelson Mail; 11/21/2009; 700+ words
; ...aren't charmed by furry polar bears, climate change will affect you. In our seemingly...agricultural backbone of our economy. The UN climate change talks in Copenhagen are a vital window of opportunity for climate change action. In gearing up for a...
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Climate change to unleash various diseases in Bangladesh
Newspaper article from: United News of Bangladesh; 11/26/2009; 700+ words
; Dhaka, Nov. 26 -- Climate factors, including maximum and minimum...concern in the country with changes in climate factors. Bangladesh Centre for Advanced...recently conducted the study titled 'Climate Change and Health Impacts in Bangladesh...
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The Climate Group Addresses UN During Pivotal Week on Climate Change
Newspaper article from: U.S. Newswire; 9/24/2007; 700+ words
; ...theclimategroup.org, all of The Climate Group NEW YORK, Sept. 24 /PRNewswire...Dr. Steve Howard, CEO of The Climate Group today addressed the largest ever meeting of world leaders on climate change at the United Nations' headquarters...
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The Climate Project Brings Together Historic Gathering of World's Experts on Climate Change.
News Wire article from: PRWeb; 5/14/2009; 700+ words
; ...2009 (PRWeb.com via COMTEX) -- The Climate Project (TCP), an international non...mission to increase public awareness of the climate crisis at a grassroots level worldwide...Prize-winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) will also be present...
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Climate change all about votes?
Newspaper article from: The Press; 4/5/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...cynic in me can't resist seeing the climate-change issue as being mainly about votes...Suddenly, the debate about the causes of climate change has ended. It is too important...Nations-linked Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reports a 90 per cent...
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Climate change vulnerabilities and responses in a developing country city: lessons from Cochin, India.
Magazine article from: Environment; 6/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...of an emerging environmental stress is climate change. (3) How might a city--especially...world--be vulnerable to impacts of climate change, and what kinds of responses make...the knowledge base about implications of climate change for cities in industrialized countries...
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Climate change places development targets at risk; New report urges rich nations to take leadership role.
M2 Presswire; 6/10/2003; 700+ words
; ...PRESSWIRE-10 June 2003-WORLD BANK GROUP: Climate change places development targets at risk...risk because of the adverse impacts of climate change on the livelihoods of poor people...United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The report emphasizes...
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Climate change poses an unprecedented challenge to England's Cathedrals.
M2 Presswire; 5/8/2007; 700+ words
; M2 PRESSWIRE-8 May 2007-UK Government: Climate change poses an unprecedented challenge to England...cathedrals face the same tough choices forced on us all by climate change, Climate Change and Environment Minister Ian Pearson said today...
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Climate
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History
CLIMATE There are five climates in Russia. The Polar climate hugs the Arctic coast and yields...cold, shorter winters, this climate yields a 160- to 200-day...dramatically influence these climates. Because three-fourths of...
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climate models
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Earth
...based models of the climate. However, past climates can be used as analogue...attempt to predict the climate from basic physical...past, and future climates. The difference between the present-day climate simulated by the model...
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Climate Change and Human Health
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Public Health
CLIMATE CHANGE AND HUMAN HEALTH Human societies...Populations have also modified their local climates by cutting down trees or building...human activities are perturbing the climate system at the global scale. Climate change is likely to have wide...
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climate
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...Verkhoyansk). Marine climates are characterized...or littoral, climate is one in which...mountain and plateau climates, with the temperature...the science of climate and its relation...geography. Changes in climate affect, for example...warmer and colder climates than they now ...
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School Climate
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Education
...pleasure." Thus, school climate is defined in terms...open to closed school climates. An open school climate is one in which teacher...open versus closed climates and behaviors. For...learning. Another climate framework uses a health...
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