climate science
Study of weather patterns
Climate science is the study of Earth's climate system—how the atmosphere, oceans, ice, and land interact to produce weather patterns over time.
The field encompasses historical climate records, current measurements, and projections of future change.
Climate science has become central to debates about global warming and environmental policy: The climate science is clear on human-caused warming.
A climate scientist studies these systems professionally.
- global warmingRising planetary temperatures
- IPCCUN climate science authority
- peer reviewExpert evaluation before publication
- oceanographyScientific study of seas
- atmosphereGaseous layer around planets
rising seas · ocean acidification · melting ice · glaciology · carbon cycle · carbon emissions · carbon footprint · greenhouse gases · Paris Agreement · permafrost · extreme weather · heat waves · sea level · carbon dioxide · ice cores · tree rings · EPA · models
- academic fieldsmathematics, biology, chemistry, physics, history
- climateweather, global warming, temperature, greenhouse effect, greenhouse gas
- environmental scienceecology, air quality, ecosystem, water quality, ecosystems
- Physical Sciencesphysics, chemistry, astronomy, geology, meteorology
- Earth Sciencesgeology, geoscience, meteorology, oceanography, seismology
- Policyeconomic policy, public policy, energy policy, tax policy, domestic policy
climate scienceclimate denial
Rejecting scientific consensus on warming
climate denialism · climate skepticism · pseudoscience · junk science · anti-science
climate sciencetheology
Study of the divine
literary criticism · philosophy · pure mathematics · art history · metaphysics
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