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    Climate is defined as the long-term pattern of weather in a particular region, averaged over 30 years. It is determined by factors such as temperature, humidity, atmospheric pressure, wind, and precipitation. The climate of an area is influenced by its latitude, terrain, altitude, and nearby water bodies. Climates can be classified based on typical temperature and precipitation ranges using schemes like the Köppen climate classification. Paleoclimatology studies ancient climates by examining proxy evidence from sources like tree rings, ice cores, and sediments. Climate change can occur over long or short time periods due to various factors, and recent warming is discussed as global warming.

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    Climate is defined as the long-term pattern of weather in a particular region, averaged over 30 years. It is determined by factors such as temperature, humidity, atmospheric pressure, wind, and precipitation. The climate of an area is influenced by its latitude, terrain, altitude, and nearby water bodies. Climates can be classified based on typical temperature and precipitation ranges using schemes like the Köppen climate classification. Paleoclimatology studies ancient climates by examining proxy evidence from sources like tree rings, ice cores, and sediments. Climate change can occur over long or short time periods due to various factors, and recent warming is discussed as global warming.

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    Climate

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    This page presents a general overview of Earth's climate system. For other uses of
    "climate", see Climate (disambiguation)

    Atmospheric sciences

    Atmospheric physics
    Atmospheric dynamics (category)

    Atmospheric chemistry (category)

    Meteorology

    Weather (category) · (portal)

    Tropical cyclone (category)

    Climatology

    Climate (category)
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    Global warming (category) · (portal)

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    Climate is the long-term average of weather, typically averaged over a period of 30


    years.[1][2] More rigorously, it denotes the mean and variability of meteorological variables
    over a time spanning from months to millions of years. [1] Some of
    the meteorological variables that are commonly measured
    are temperature, humidity, atmospheric pressure, wind, and precipitation. In a broader
    sense, climate is the state of the components of the climate system, which includes the
    ocean and ice on Earth.[1] The climate of a location is affected by its latitude, terrain,
    and altitude, as well as nearby water bodies and their currents.
    Climates can be classified according to the average and the typical ranges of different
    variables, most commonly temperature and precipitation. The most commonly used
    classification scheme was the Köppen climate classification. The Thornthwaite system,
    [3]
     in use since 1948, incorporates evapotranspiration along with temperature and
    precipitation information and is used in studying biological diversity and how climate
    change affects it. The Bergeron and Spatial Synoptic Classification systems focus on
    the origin of air masses that define the climate of a region.
    Paleoclimatology is the study of ancient climates. Since very few direct observations of
    climate are available before the 19th century, paleoclimates are inferred from proxy
    variables that include non-biotic evidence such as sediments found in lake beds and ice
    cores, and biotic evidence such as tree rings and coral. Climate models are
    mathematical models of past, present and future climates. Climate change may occur
    over long and short timescales from a variety of factors; recent warming is discussed
    in global warming. Global warming results in redistributions. For example, "a 3°C
    change in mean annual temperature corresponds to a shift in isotherms of
    approximately 300–400 km in latitude (in the temperate zone) or 500 m in elevation.
    Therefore, species are expected to move upwards in elevation or towards the poles in
    latitude in response to shifting climate zones".[4][5]

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