Climate change by Rehan Shaikh
Climate Change - By Rehan Shaikh What is climate? First, it is important here to note the differences between weather and climate. Weather is local and what you can see out of your window; weather is the cold British winter snows in 2011 and our 2012 wet and rainy summer these are to do with short term variations in winds and atmospheric pressures, or heat waves in the USA in July 2012. Climate is much broader scale; we are looking at long term statistical patterns in weather. An individual flood or storm is not caused by climate change, but climate change may make extreme weather events occur more frequently. “Climate” encompasses data such as temperature, humidity, pressure, wind, precipitation (snow or rain), and other meteorological measur...