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Factors Affecting Climate

The document discusses various factors affecting climate, including greenhouse gas emissions, deforestation, ocean warming, and aerosols. It explains how human activities and natural phenomena influence long-term weather patterns and climate change. Additionally, it highlights the importance of climate models for predicting future changes and outlines strategies for mitigation and adaptation.

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Factors Affecting Climate

The document discusses various factors affecting climate, including greenhouse gas emissions, deforestation, ocean warming, and aerosols. It explains how human activities and natural phenomena influence long-term weather patterns and climate change. Additionally, it highlights the importance of climate models for predicting future changes and outlines strategies for mitigation and adaptation.

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GR O U P6

FACTORS AFFECTING
CLIMATE

“Have you ever wondered why some places


are hot while others are cold all year round?”
What is climate?

Climate is the long-term average of weather


conditions, like temperature and rainfall in a
specific area over 30 years or more. Climate
can be influenced by a complex interplay of
factors.
Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Greenhouse Gases Human Activities

Gases like carbon dioxide, methane, and Burning fossil fuels, deforestation, and
nitrous oxide trap heat in the atmosphere, industrial processes release these gases into
contributing to global warming. the atmosphere.
Deforestation and
Land Use Changes

Carbon sinks Albedo Effect

Forest absorb carbon Darker surfaces like


dioxide, acting as natural concrete and asphalt
carbon sinks, but absorb more heat, leading
deforestation releases to warmer temperatures,
stored carbon. while forest reflect
sunlight.
Oceans and Climate
Change

Ocean Warming Marine Ecosystems

Oceans absorb a Changes in ocean


significant currents
amount of heat that and temperatures disrupt
expands the water, marine ecosystems,
leading to rising sea impacting
level and ocean marine life.
Acidification. This
process is called
thermal expansion.
Aerosols and Air
Pollution
1 Aerosols are tiny particles suspended in the air that can reflect or absorb

sunlight.
Some aerosols, like soot, trap heat and contribute to warming, while others reflect
2 Causing cooling.
sunlight

Air pollution from sources like vehicles emissions and industrial activities contributes
3 formation of aerosols.
to the
Solar Activity and
Volcanic
Eruptions
Solar flares and sunspots can effect Earth’s
climate by altering the amount of solar
1 radiation
reaching the planet.

Volcanic eruption release sulfur dioxide into


atmosphere, forming aerosols that reflect
2 the
sunlight, leading to a cooling effect.
LATITUD
E Places near the equator
1 are warmer because they
get direct sunlight all year.

ALTITUDE
Higher places are colder
Natural 2 because the air is thinner.

Factors
Affecting
Climate PROXIMITY TO
WATER
Areas near oceans or lakes
3 have milder weather since
water changes temperatures
slowly.
WIND AND OCEAN CURRENTS
These move heat and cold
4 air around the world,
changing the weather in
different places.
Climate Models and
Projections
Climate Data
Models use historical data and complex equations to

1 simulate future climate.

Predictions
They project future changes in temperature,
2 precipitation, and sea levels.

Scenarios
3 Models run under different emission
scenarios to
asses potential impact.
Mitigation and Adaptation
Strategies

Reduce greenhouse gas emissions by transitioning to


Mitigation renewable energy and improving efficiency

Adjust to the impacts of climate change


Adaptation through measures like seawalls and drought-
resistant
crop

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