Apparently this is not the time and the climate in which people will listen objectively, or at least dispassionately, to individual impressions of a subject which preoccupies a good deal of their waking moments.

for those who live in a winter climate, there is nothing better than a bucket of water and snow.

Following each individual brick should be a layer of adobe mortar, recommended to be at least an inch thick to make certain there is ample strength between the brick ’ s edges and also to provide a relative moisture barrier during the seasons where the arid climate does produce rain.

The physical oceanography of the Aegean Sea is controlled mainly by the regional climate, the fresh water discharge from major rivers draining southeastern Europe, and the seasonal variations in the Black Sea surface water outflow through the Dardanelles Strait.

Eastern Anatolia, where the Pontus and Taurus mountain ranges converge, is rugged country with higher elevations, a more severe climate, and greater precipitation than are found on the Anatolian Plateau.

The central plateau is characterized by a continental climate, with hot summers and cold snowy winters.

The drier and more continental climate is beneficial for steppe-forests dominated by deciduous oaks, with areas of shrubland, montane forest, and valley forest.

Current opinion holds that the closer cultural similarity between the Mogollon and Ancient Pueblos and their greater differences from the Hohokam and Patayan is due to both the geography and the variety of climate zones in the Southwest.

The climate is highland continental: hot summers and cold winters.

Callicott is, perhaps, best known for his research which explores an Aldo Leopold ethic as a response to global climate change.

The climate of Alabama is humid subtropical.

The area around Abensberg, the so-called sand belt between Siegburg, Neustadt an der Donau, Abensberg and Langquaid, is used for the intensive farming of asparagus, due to the optimal soil condition and climate.

The climate is typical of tropical islands of similar latitude.

The climate is dry, temperate, and continental, with extreme variations between seasons.

The climate in Abadan is arid and similar to Baghdad's, but slightly hotter due to Abadan's lower latitude.

Evidence of this is the Antarctic Circumpolar Wave, a periodic oscillation that affects the climate of much of the southern hemisphere.

After studying the circumpolar current it is clear that it strongly influences regional and global climate as well as underwater biodiversity.

While ecologically sparse, the habitat's climate is controlled by complex machinery in the lower levels.

The shelter provided by these two mountainous ridges has produced a " micro climate " which provides relatively mild temperatures for the region and, coupled with the fertile glacial sedimentary soils on the valley floor, the region is conducive to growing vegetable and fruit crops.

In 2007, she wrote that she did not want to belittle the issue but was sceptical of the claims that specific actions would prevent catastrophe, then in 2008 that her doubts had been “ crystalised ” by Nigel Lawson's book An Appeal to Reason, before stating in 2009 that " There is no climate change, hasn ’ t anybody looked out of their window recently?

The region is noted for its mild rainy climate and beautiful scenery.

Attribution of recent climate change is the effort to scientifically ascertain mechanisms responsible for recent changes observed in the Earth's climate.

Attribution of recent climate change to human activities is based on multiple lines of evidence:

Due to its location in the European Plains, Berlin is influenced by a temperate seasonal climate.

Chile ’ s extreme north-south orientation produces 7 different macro-regions distinguished by climate and geographical features, which allows the country itself to stagger harvests and results in extended harvesting seasons.

Casablanca's climate is strongly influenced by the cool currents of the Atlantic Ocean which tends to moderate temperature swings and produce a remarkably mild climate with little seasonal temperature variation and a lack of extreme heat and cold.

The extremes of this climate pattern's oscillations, El Niño and La Niña, cause extreme weather ( such as floods and droughts ) in many regions of the world.

The most extreme form of Gaia theory is that the entire Earth is a single unified organism ; in this view the Earth's biosphere is consciously manipulating the climate in order to make conditions more conducive to life.

Manitoba has an extreme continental climate ; temperatures and precipitation generally decrease from south to north, and precipitation decreases from east to west.

It has an extreme continental climate with long, cold winters and short summers, during which most precipitation falls.

A Mediterranean-style climate, lacking extreme summer and winter temperatures, provides ideal growing conditions.

In the extreme south there is a tropical climate on the edges of the Niger River Basin.

Large continental landmasses create climates with extreme variations of heat and cold (" continental climate ") and monsoon conditions with highly seasonal rainfall patterns.

The enormous size of Russia and the remoteness of many areas from the sea result in the dominance of the humid continental climate, which is prevalent in all parts of the country except for the tundra and the extreme southeast.

In the extreme southeast, Mediterranean influences offer a milder, maritime climate.

The climate is tropical, though temperatures are rarely extreme due to cooling winds blowing off the surrounding seas.

There are also some much smaller areas grading towards the oceanic Cfc climate with milder winters, whilst the extreme south and ( in Eurasia ) west of the taiga reaches into humid continental climates ( Dfb, Dwb ) with longer summers.

The taiga in the river valley near Verkhoyansk, Russia, at 67 ° N, must deal with the coldest winter temperatures in the northern hemisphere, but the extreme continentality of the climate gives an average daily high of 22 ° C in July.

The climate can be very unpleasant, however, owing to the persistent strong winds and extreme lack of sunshine.

The climate of Manchuria has extreme seasonal contrasts, ranging from humid, almost tropical heat in the summer to windy, dry, Arctic cold in the winter.

The northernmost part of the Eurasian land mass, from the extreme northeastern coast of Scandinavia and eastwards to the Bering Strait, large areas of northern Siberia and northern Iceland have tundra climate as well.

However, in certain areas, such as Asia and central North America, the variations between summer and winter can be extreme because these areas are far away from the sea, causing them to have a continental climate.

Food shortages in a population are caused either by a lack of food or by difficulties in food distribution ; it may be worsened by natural climate fluctuations and by extreme political conditions related to oppressive government or warfare.

The extreme cooling of the global climate around 700 million years ago ( the so called Snowball Earth of the Cryogenian period ) and the rapid evolution of primitive life during the subsequent Ediacaran and Cambrian periods are often thought to have been triggered by the breaking up of Rodinia.

Taos has a semi-arid climate ( Köppen BSk ) with extreme diurnal variations of temperature and low rainfall.

Frankfort is located at the northern extreme limit of the humid subtropical climate of the Southeastern United States.

With an extreme subarctic climate ( Köppen climate classification Dfd ), Yakutsk has the coldest winter temperatures for any city, though not for any inhabited place, on Earth.