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| Climate is highly variable it can.. |
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| We are currently living in a |
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| warm period compared to the last 1,000,000 years |
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| a record of past climates in terms of their size and chemical structure |
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| Pollen spores in bogs preserve |
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| a record of past vegetation regimes |
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| the sun produced less energy then it does today and the earths temperature was still very warm |
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| shows that ice ages were caused by changes in the orbits obliquity, eccentricty, and precession |
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| The 11 year sunspot cycle.. |
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| is clearly evident in the climate system. other solar variations also explain variance in the climate |
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| Moutain building periods and continental drift impact.. |
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| thermohaline circuliation of the ocean.. |
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| is a thermally active fluid being warm near the surface and coller at high altitudes |
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| Synoptic meteorology involves the.. |
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| the basic laws of motion to predict condition in the future |
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| There are other techniques to statistically predict the weather with no knowledge of.. |
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| Most popular technique to predict weather is |
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| teleconnections linking conditions in one part of the world to future conditons in other parts of the world |
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