Searchlight BOOKS Climate Change Climate Change and Rising Temperatures Kevin Kurtz Lerner Publications Minneapolis
4 Chapter 1 WHAT IS CLIMATE CHANGE If you say It was sunny this morning but it rained this afternoon you aren't talking about climate You're talking about weather Weather is whatever is happening in the air outside Types of weather include clouds wind snow air temperature and rain Climate is related to weather but it can't be observed in the same way weather can To observe climate scientists must study weather in an area over decades They look for trends and calculate averages Hail is a type of weather Climate change can affect weather but climate and weather are two different things
5 MOST APPS AND TV FORECASTS GIVE INFORMATION ABOUT WEATHER NOT CLIMATE You can think of climate as a menu It shows the weather options that are most likely to happen in a place In a desert area for instance the weather is likely to be hot and dry Weather is the daily special Today we are having rain with a side of strong winds Weather is what actually happens each day
