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Evidences of Extreme Weather Changes
Precipitation and Atmospheric Moisture Change
Climate Variability and Climate Change
Climate Variability and Global Warming
Evidences of Climate Variability
Impacts of Climate Change
Policies on Climate Change
Stand of United Nations on Climate Change
What is climate Variability?
How has the climate of the earth changed over time?
What is the evidence for climate variability?
Is there such a thing as global warming?
Why do scientists think there is global warming?
What will happen if global warming continues?
What is the hottest it has ever been on earth?
What is the coldest it has ever been on earth?
Can we stop global warming?
Ice Core Data
Tree Ring Data
Geological Data
Sea Core Data
Satellite Data
Other Data
Geologic Times and Dates
Climate Variability Pics
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Climate variability goes hand in hand with climate change. The term climate variability or climatic variability denotes the natural characteristic of climate that manifests itself within the changes of climate with regards to time. The degree of climate variability is often described by the dissimilarity between long-term statistics of the meteorological elements that are calculated for different periods. This also means that the measure of climatic variability is also the same as the measure of climatic change.
On the other hand, climate change has a much distinct meaning compared to climate variability. It is the change within the statistical distribution of the weather over certain periods of time. This can range from centuries, decades or even millions of years. Climate impacts can be the change of the average weather or the change within the distribution of weather events. An example of which are fewer or greater extreme weather events. This event is now happening all over the world. The impacts of climate change had forced us to do drastic action against the exploitation of our natural resources. This is also the time for conservation and valuing the environment.
Climate impacts due to global warming are of great concern for both the human life and the environment. Evidence of climate variability throughout the world includes the decreasing snow cover within the northern part of the hemisphere as well as rising sea levels. Natural disasters such as landslides and typhoons are also contributed by climate change. It is predicted that climate changes in the future will include advanced global warming which means an upward trend within the global mean temperature, the sea levels will also continue to rise and an increase in occurrence of extreme weather events. The ecosystems are seen as being vulnerable to climate variability while human systems are seen as a variable in their ability to adapt to further climate change.
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