Weather and climate
The Weather and Climate
'Funny weather we are having' is a statement of the obvious we have used for generations as a
greeting. When the deep cold lasts long and heavy snow and blizzards give us the shivers we
replace "funny" with something stronger, such as "terrible", "ghastly". At times like these people ask
what is happening to the weather. So we go to the experts, who tell us in language appropriate to
the subject, what happened yesterday, what is happening today, and what might happen in the next
few years. Weather and climate specialists all over the world have collected a vast quantity of
information. They can describe what is happening around us. With satellites they can forecast more
accurately what might happen in the immediate future. Their research has produced evidence of why
past climatic changes took place.
There have been many climate fluctua...