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Climate variability includes all the variations in the climate that last longer than individual weather events, whereas the term climate change only refers to those variations that persist for a longer period of time, typically decades or more. Climate change may refer to any time in Earth's history, but the term is now commonly used to describe contemporary climate change, often popularly referred to as global warming. Since the Industrial Revolution, the climate has increasingly been affected by human activities.The climate system receives nearly all of its energy from the sun and radiates energy to outer space. The balance of incoming and outgoing energy and the passage of the energy through the climate system is Earth's energy budget. When the incoming energy is greater than the outgoing energy, Earth's energy budget is positive and the climate system is warming. If more energy goes out, the energy budget is negative and Earth experiences cooling. The energy moving through Earth's climate system finds expression in weather, varying on geographic scales and time. Long-term averages and variability of weather in a region constitute the region's climate. Such changes can be the result of "internal variability", when natural processes inherent to the various parts of the climate system alter the distribution of energy. Examples include variability in ocean basins such as the Pacific decadal oscillation and Atlantic multidecadal oscillation. Climate variability can also result from external forcing, when events outside of the climate system's components produce changes within the system. Examples include changes in solar output and volcanism. Climate variability has consequences for sea level changes, plant life, and mass extinctions; it also affects human societies. Source: Wikipedia (en)
Works about climate change 16
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Climate Change as Class War
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Klimakiller – Krieg
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Greta, la ragazza che sta cambiando il mondo
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Why the Cheetah Cheats
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Is our climate changing?
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Dynamic habitat models for estuary-dependent Chinook salmon: informing management in the face of climate impacts
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Examining multigenerational effects of ocean acidification on the Pacific oyster: evidence of selection or plasticity?
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Fates of Trees and Forests in Bolivia Subjected to Selective Logging, Fire, and Climate Change
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Le changement climatique expliqué à ma fille
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The Azolla Story
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Onze planeet wordt heet!
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Educar per al col·lapse
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Mit dem Elektroauto in die Sackgasse
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Klimawende von unten
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Kleine Gase – Große Wirkung
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Les révoltes du ciel - Une histoire du changement climatique (XVe XXe siècle)
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