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Climate Change
Climate change is a significant and lasting change in the statistical distribution of weather patterns over periods ranging from decades to millions of years. It may be a change in average weather conditions, or in the distribution of weather around the average conditions (i.e., more or fewer extreme weather events). Climate change is caused by factors such as biotic processes, variations in solar radiation received by Earth, plate tectonics, and volcanic eruptions. Certain human activities have also been identified as significant causes of recent climate change, often referred to as "global w
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As long as scepticism is based on a sound understanding of science it is invaluable, for that is how science progresses. But poor criticism can lead those who are unfamiliar with the science involved into doubting everything about climate change predictions.
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― The Weather Makers: How Man Is Changing the Climate and What It Means for Life on Earth
― The Weather Makers: How Man Is Changing the Climate and What It Means for Life on Earth
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We live our comfortable lives in the shadow of a disaster of our own making. That disaster is being brought about by the very things that allow us to live our comfortable lives.
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― A Life on Our Planet: My Witness Statement and a Vision for the Future
― A Life on Our Planet: My Witness Statement and a Vision for the Future
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