Weather & Climate & The Future
Climate Central: http://www.climatecentral.org/ WMO 2050 weather reports: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNaX-uTWSWrHU3ADBXLCwSs13IqF2gTIm Climategate controversy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climatic_Research_Unit_email_controversy Climate Change and Climategate: http://www.newsweek.com/climategate-revisited-new-theory-explains-tree-ring-controversy-250208 This story is set in the past and in the future. Let's start with... THE FUTURE In September, the World Meteorological Organization gathered local weather reports from over a dozen countries.
Meteorology is focused on what the weather will be this week. Climatology is focused on weather patterns over a decade or a century or a millennium. The difference matters - and it's one explanation for a mini-scandal that's still reverberating through the courts and public opinion right now.
For more see This Planet Chronicle's post: Weather and Climate Together Again
