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  2. Weather - Wikipedia

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    Weather is the state of the atmosphere, describing for example the degree to which it is hot or cold, wet or dry, calm or stormy, clear or cloudy. [1] On Earth, most weather phenomena occur in the lowest layer of the planet's atmosphere, the troposphere, [2] [3] just below the stratosphere.

  3. Climate - Wikipedia

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    Climate variability is the term to describe variations in the mean state and other characteristics of climate (such as chances or possibility of extreme weather, etc.) "on all spatial and temporal scales beyond that of individual weather events." [27] Some of the variability does not appear to be caused systematically and occurs at random times.

  4. Climate system - Wikipedia

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    The five components of the climate system all interact. They are the atmosphere, the hydrosphere, the cryosphere, the lithosphere and the biosphere. [1]: 1451 Earth's climate system is a complex system with five interacting components: the atmosphere (air), the hydrosphere (water), the cryosphere (ice and permafrost), the lithosphere (earth's upper rocky layer) and the biosphere (living things).

  5. Causes of climate change - Wikipedia

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    Factors affecting Earth's climate can be broken down into forcings, feedbacks and internal variations. [14]: 7 Four main lines of evidence support the dominant role of human activities in recent climate change: [17]

  6. Climatology - Wikipedia

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    Various factors affect the average state of the atmosphere at a particular location. For instance, midlatitudes will have a pronounced seasonal cycle of temperature whereas tropical regions show little variation of temperature over a year. [20] Another major variable of climate is continentality: the distance to major water bodies such as oceans.

  7. It Takes The Entire Rainbow Of Colors To Make The Sky Blue ...

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    That can leave us seeing less blue and more orange, although the effect can vary based on time of day and other factors. MORE ON WEATHER.COM-More Than 100 Sea Turtles Rescued In Florida Cold Snap

  8. Mortgage and refinance rates for Feb. 14, 2025: Average rates ...

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    The fixed rate for a 15-year mortgage is 6.09%, down 4 basis points from last week's average 6.05%. These figures are higher than a year ago, when rates averaged 6.77% for a 30-year term and 6.12% ...

  9. Climate classification - Wikipedia

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    A humid continental climate is marked by variable weather patterns and a large seasonal temperature variance, cold and often very snowy winters, and warm summers. Places with more than three months of average daily temperatures above 10 °C (50 °F) and a coldest month temperature below −3 °C (27 °F) and which do not meet the criteria for ...