6 results for “climate”

1. Planet Earth

   Weather and Climate

   Climate Climate is weather averaged over decades. Britain has a wet, mild climate; the Sahara a hot, dry one. Climate

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2. Planet Earth

   Plate Tectonics and Earthquakes

   climate within the range where liquid water and life can exist. Earth is the only planet

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3. Planet Earth

   The Atmosphere

   climate, amounts to a few hundredths of a percent. Water vapour varies from almost nothing over

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4. Planet Earth

   Volcanoes

   climate A big eruption changes the weather for the whole planet. Ash falls out of the air within

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5. Planet Earth

   Inside the Earth

   climate habitable over geological time. The core's magnetic field protects the atmosphere. Earth is still

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6. Planet Earth

   The Oceans

   climate Water stores heat extraordinarily well, and the ocean has absorbed about 90 percent of the extra

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