Climate change and the weather
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| Climate change and the weather |
… a study of an aspect of history or a site … that is significant in the locality. History National Curriculum, KS2 weather and climate, including the change in climate from the Ice Age to the present … environments and the climate; and how human activity relies on the effective functioning of natural systems Geography National curriculum KS3 the production of carbon dioxide by human activity and the impact on climate Chemistry National Curriculum KS3 |
appreciate that scientists now accept that climate change is causing a warming of the climate and more unstable weather patterns |
the environment climate change |
Temperatures across the world vary day by day and season by season. It is inly when we average the figures across the whole world do we get an idea about the usual temperature of planet Earth. A rise in average temperature of 1.5oC since 1700 does not sound very much, but it is large enough to upset the delicate balance of the climate.