Climate Change

Question 1

What is climate?

Answer 1

Climate is the statistical description of the weather at a location over longer periods of time.

Question 2

What is the weather?

Answer 2

The current state of the atmosphere with respect to temperature, precipitation, wind and sky cover

Question 3

What is Climate Change?

Answer 3

Significant and lasting change in the statistical distribution of weather patterns over periods ranging from decades to millions of years

Question 4

Has Climate Change been detected?

Answer 4

• It is undeniable that human influence has warmed the atmosphere, ocean and land.
• Observations have shown that there is a change in global surface temperature over the last 2,000 year. Increased in warm weather which causes atmosphere to hold more water, more and faster evaporation and heavier precipitation.

Question 5

What is Cryospheric Changes?

Answer 5

Global warming has led to widespread shrinking of the cryosphere with mass loss from ice sheets and glaciers, reduction in snow cover, arctic sea ice extent and thickness and increased permafrost temperature.