Global Climate Change-The New Science
63Weather- The Science of Everything?
We are only beginning to understand what a complex and interrelated group of systems make up our Earth. There are literally millions of processes going on all at once and each affects all of the others. Trying to understand this complicated system is the aim of a new science-the science of climate.
For many of us the mention of the word "climate" immediately brings weather forecasting to mind. Climate is much more than just the flow of air masses and moisture around the planet. It is more than just the study of atmosphere and weather. Climate science is nothing less than the study of how the living planet behaves and our place in it. Thus, climate science is the study of how land, ocean and atmosphere interact and change over time.
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The Atmosphere
The atmosphere begins on the sun and reaches all the way to the core of the planet. The complex interaction between the atmosphere, the cycles of water in the lakes,seas and rivers and the life processes ( respiration) of every living thing on the planet work together to produce the weather conditions prevalent today and for the foreseeable future.
The very complexity of the systems involved in studying weather and climate for more than a brief time is reason long range weather forecasts are nearly impossible to make with any real accuracy. The number of variables to be considered is so vast that we can't include them in our calculations. There is a group of dedicated researchers trying to change that fact.
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