Title: Just 5 questions: Weather vs. climate – Climate Change: Vital Signs of the Planet
Headings: Just 5 questions: Weather vs. climate
News | June 24, 2010
Just 5 questions: Weather vs. climate
1. What’s the difference between climate and weather?
2. This past winter was an especially cold and snowy one for parts of the US, Europe and elsewhere. Surely such cold weather flies in the face of global warming?
3. In your view, what’s the most compelling piece of evidence for global warming?
4. How is climate change affecting the weather, and why?
5. Will it be hotter or colder in the future? More wet or more dry?
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Content: How is climate change affecting the weather, and why? The largest weather changes are being seen in precipitation patterns, especially at very high latitudes. Alaska has been experiencing winter rainfall where it has never been recorded before. Similarly, the lowest temperatures at high latitudes are increasing. Such weather changes are expected from basic atmospheric physics, and provide one of many lines of evidence showing that increased carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere are warming our climate. 5. Will it be hotter or colder in the future? More wet or more dry? On average, it’ll be warmer. For those of us living in Los Angeles, our climate will become like that of northern Baja California in Mexico.