It is all Temperature Differentials!

Although the sciences of Meteorology (the study of the weather) and Climatology (the study of climate) can be very involved, there are some basic concepts we all can understand about the factors that contribute to the weather and global climate. Basically the weather and climate of our earth is shaped by four things:

1. The Sun, the variation in the amount of incoming solar radiation reaching the earth and the amount of heat that escapes back into space.

2. The Earth, its tilt, its rotation, and the distribution of its continents and its oceans.

3. The Air, its movement vertically in the atmosphere and horizontally around the globe.

4. And Water, its behavior in the air and in the currents of the oceans.

The most important of these is the sun for it is the interaction of the sun with the other three that drives the earth's weather and defines the global climate of our earth.

Question to answer: What is the difference between weather and climate?

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