Climate change is thought to have led to the emigration of Chacoans and the eventual abandonment of the canyon, beginning with a 50-year drought in 1130.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ( IPCC ) has concluded that " of the observed increase in globally averaged temperatures since the mid-20th century is very likely due to the observed increase in anthropogenic greenhouse gas concentrations.

Botswana is a party to the following international agreements: Diamond Industry, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection and Wetlands.

Climate is a major factor determining the distribution of terrestrial biomes.

Costa Rica is party to many environmental treaties, including the Convention on Biological Diversity, the Convention on Environmental Modification, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the Montreal Protocol, the Ramsar Convention, the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling, the Desertification Convention, the Endangered Species Convention, the Basel Convention, the Convention on the Law of the Sea, the Convention on Marine Dumping, the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty.

Climate can be contrasted to weather, which is the present condition of these elements and their variations over shorter periods.

Climate change may occur over long and short timescales from a variety of factors ; recent warming is discussed in global warming.

Climate ( from Ancient Greek klima, meaning inclination ) is commonly defined as the weather averaged over a long period.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ( IPCC ) glossary definition is:

The difference between climate and weather is usefully summarized by the popular phrase " Climate is what you expect, weather is what you get.

Climate change is the variation in global or regional climates over time.

In some cases, the term is also used with a presumption of human causation, as in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change ( UNFCCC ).

Climate forecasting is a way by some scientists are using to predict climate change.

* The Study of Climate on Alien Worlds ; Characterizing atmospheres beyond our Solar System is now within our reach Kevin Heng July-August 2012 American Scientist

* Climate Change Capital, Climate Change Capital Limited ( CCC ) is an investment manager and advisory group specialising in the opportunities generated by the global transition to a low carbon economy.

According to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change ( UNFCCC ) secretariat, the overwhelming direct cause of deforestation is agriculture.

El Salvador is party to the Convention on Biological Diversity, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, CITES, Basel Convention, Partial Test Ban Treaty, Montreal Protocol, Ramsar Convention.

Climate determines the biome in which the ecosystem is embedded.

The most widely known protocol in international environmental law is the Kyoto Protocol, which followed from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

He is the author or editor of several books including Global Effects of Environmental Pollution ( 1970 ), The Ocean in Human Affairs ( 1989 ), Global Climate Change ( 1989 ), The Greenhouse Debate Continued ( 1992 ), and Hot Talk, Cold Science ( 1997 ).

Climate is greatly influenced by elevation, with the low-lying portions having a wet-dry ( monsoonal ) pattern.

Climate is medium-continental, influenced by the Fruška Gora and the Danube.

Satellite image of Burkina Faso, generated from raster graphics data supplied by The Map LibraryMain articles: Geography of Burkina Faso and Climate of Burkina Faso

" Similar charges were made by the Global Climate Coalition ( GCC ), a consortium of industry interests.

This project has also been approved by the Executive Board of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change ( UNFCCC ) for reduction of emission of methane gas into the climate and has been registered with a capacity of reducing 108, 686 metric tonnes CO2 equivalent per annum.

Climate change may also affect the biological pump in the future by warming and stratifying the surface ocean, thus reducing the supply of limiting nutrients to surface waters.

* " Cement Industry Is at Center of Climate Change Debate " article by Elizabeth Rosenthal in the New York Times October 26, 2007

* Committee on Climate Change, an independent body established by the UK Government to advise on climate change policy

* Evening with Erin Brockovich in Sydney, hosted by the Climate Change Coalition 2007

Some US colleges are now going green by signing the " President's Climate Commitment ," a document that a college President can sign to enable said colleges to practice environmentalism by switching to solar power, etc.

In 2007 he collaborated on a study that found tropospheric temperature trends of " Climate of the 20th Century " models differed from satellite observations by twice the model mean uncertainty.

Singer prepared an NIPCC report called " Nature, Not Human Activity, Rules the Climate ," published in March 2008 by the Heartland Institute, a conservative think tank.

* The Climate Contrarians August 16, 2012 by S. Fred Singer, reply by William D. Nordhaus in The New York Review of Books

Climate change apparent since the 1920s disrupted traditional Kalaallit life by producing milder weather that reduced the island's seal populations but filled the waters offshore with cod.

* Climate Change Causing Lizards to ' Wink Out of Existence ' by Michael Price on 13 May 2010 Science ( journal )

* Climate Change – What Is the IPCC by Jean-Marc Jancovici

In 1999, Paul Ehrlich and others advocated public policies to improve the dissemination of valid environmental scientific knowledge and discourage junk science: ' The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reports offer an antidote to junk science by articulating the current consensus on the prospects for climate change, by outlining the extent of the uncertainties, and by describing the potential benefits and costs of policies to address climate change.

In 2009 President Tong attending the Climate Vulnerable Forum ( V11 ) in the Maldives, along with 10 other countries that are vulnerable to climate-change, and signed the Bandos Island declaration on 10 November 2009, pledging to show moral leadership and commence greening their economies by voluntarily committing to achieving carbon neutrality.

In 1994 he compared model results to observed temperatures and found that the predicted temperatures for 1950 – 1980 deviated from the temperatures that had actually occurred, from which he concluded in his regular column in The Washington Times — with the headline that day " Climate Claims Wither under the Luminous Lights of Science "— that climate models are faulty.

According to the latest Assessment Report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, " most of the observed increase in globally averaged temperatures since the mid-20th century is very likely due to the observed increase in anthropogenic greenhouse gas concentrations ".

Climate scientists predict that increasing temperatures will mean wetter winters and more snow at the high elevations.

Even the most credible international assessment body, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ( IPCC ), has refused to attempt subjective probabilistic estimates of future temperatures.

As assessed by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ( IPCC ), " of the observed increase in global average temperatures since the mid-20th century is very likely due to the observed increase in anthropogenic GHG concentrations ".

* Climate change caused by human activities that emit greenhouse gases into the air is expected to affect the frequency of extreme weather events such as drought, extreme temperatures, flooding, high winds, and severe storms.

According to the Köppen Climate Classification, the city has an altitude tropical climate with dry winter, with minimum average temperatures of 15, 3 ° C and maximum of 27, 0 ° C.

Carson experiences a warm-summer Mediterranean Climate ( Köppen climate classification Csb ), similar to that of the Los Angeles Basin with noticeably cooler temperatures during the summer due to the close proximity of the Pacific Ocean (~ 6-8 miles ).

The Western Climate Center reports that average January temperatures are a maximum of and a minimum of.

According to the Midwest Climate Center, Defiance's average January temperatures are a high of and a low of.

Climate may vary, in the lowlands, temperatures are a bit warmer than Athens.

In 2001, the media watchdog organization Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting criticized Stossel's reportage of global warming in his documentary, Tampering with Nature, for using " highly selective ... information " that gave " center stage to three dissenters from among the 2, 000 members of the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which recently released a report stating that global temperatures are rising almost twice as fast as previously thought.

NOAA's National Climate Data Center reported that over 7000 daily record high temperatures were broken over the U. S. from 1 March thru 27 March.

The Climate of Mijas, due to the proximity of the sea, conditions mild temperatures, with an average of 18 ° C without heat in summer and little frost in winter.

Climate graph of 1880 – 1980 average air temperatures at Stykkishólmur

According to the Arctic Climate Impact Assessement, the largest study ever conducted on the effects of warming in the Arctic, winter temperatures above the 63rd parallel north have increased on average, by 2 to 5 Celsius over the past 50 years and could rise by yet another 10.

Climate is sub-tropical, with temperatures varying from 2 ° C minimum at Winter to more than 40 ° C maximum during summer time.

* Wagner, Sebastian and Eduardo Zorita ( 2005 ) " The influence of volcanic, solar and CO2 forcing on the temperatures in the Dalton Minimum ( 1790 – 1830 ): a model study ", Climate Dynamics v. 25, pp. 205 – 218, doi 10. 1007 / s00382-005-0029-0.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ( IPCC ) issued a report in 2007 stating that human activities are responsible for increased global temperatures.

Climate change is raising ocean temperatures and raising levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

Climate diagram that illustrates average monthly temperatures and precipitation for Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan The diagram was created, using data obtained from the Japan Metrological Agency on September 21, 2005.