Climate change is generally defined as a change in the statistical properties of the climate system when considered over long periods of time, regardless of cause. Fluctuations over periods shorter than a few decades, such as El Niño, do not represent climate change....
Read more …Climate change is generally defined as a change in the statistical properties of the climate system when considered over long periods of time, regardless of cause. Fluctuations over periods shorter than a few decades, such as El Niño, do not represent climate change.
Climate change is more often referred to as that which is caused by human activity, as opposed to changes in climate that may have resulted as part of Earth's natural processes. Because of this, teaching climate change in school is expected to positively modify human behaviors which are environmentally detrimental in general and which lead to climate change in particular.
