What is Climate Change?
Climate is the average weather experienced over a long period of time, which includes temperature, wind and precipitation (rainfall, hail, sleet and snow). The Earth’s climate is not fixed and in the past has changed many times in response to a variety of natural causes.
Climate change refers to an identifiable change in the climate that persists for an extended period, typically decades or longer, and is often taken to mean man-made changes that have occurred since the onset of the industrial revolution.
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