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A Met Office production brought to you by the Pod
Understanding weather and
climate
Weather is how the atmosphere is
behaving on a day-to-day basis,
including temperature,
rain and wind.

These can change hour by hour,
day by day.



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Weather


Climate looks at the weather over a long period
of time; typically 30 years, but sometimes over
hundreds of thousands of years.

Climate is what you expect, weather is
what you get.
Climate
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Climate zones
The Greenhouse Effect
1.
Sunlight
passes
through the
atmosphere
2.
It warms
the Earth
3.
Infrared
radiation (IR)
is given off by
the Earth
5.
...but some IR is
trapped by gases in
the air, thus reducing
the cooling effect
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
4.
Most IR
escapes to
outer space
and cools the
Earth
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Met Office - CRU
How do we know
our climate is changing?
2000s warmest decade
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What causes
climate change?
Solar radiation changes
Volcanic eruptions
Natural fluctuations in the circulation
of our atmosphere and oceans,
such as the El Nio Southern Oscillation

Greenhouse gases, aerosols
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Future climate change
These maps show how the world could warm by the early, mid and late
21
st
century for 3 emissions scenarios.
2011-2030 2046-2065 2080-2099
Low
emissions
scenario
Medium
emissions
scenario
High
emissions
scenario
IPCC
2007
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Impacts of climate change
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UK Impacts
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What can we do?
Mitigation

Adaptation
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