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What is climate change? A definition from the Department of Ecology of Washington State reads: Climate includes patterns of temperature, precipitation, humidity, wind and seasons. It affects more than just a change in the weather and refers to seasonal changes over a long period of time. These climate patterns play a fundamental role in shaping natural ecosystems, and the human economies and cultures that depend on them.

It may be used inter-changably with global warming as they’re closely related. Global warming causes climates to change. Here is NASA discussion on the two terms, What's In A Name?

We recommend you listen and learn which is the best advice we can give to begin to understand the challenges before us.

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Vital Signs: Taking the Pulse of Our Planet by NASA

Join NASA scientists on a 40-minute visual tour of Earth from space, titled "Vital Signs: Taking the Pulse of Our Planet." This annual lecture, presented at the IMAX Theater at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. on September 10, was sponsored by the Maryland Space Business Roundtable.

Published October 23, 2014, the video features scientists guiding viewers through Earth's water cycle, forests, and frozen regions, as seen through NASA's Earth observing satellite fleet. It emphasizes our planet as a complex, dynamic system.

NASA's Earth science program seeks to enhance understanding of Earth's system and its response to changes, improving predictions of climate, weather, and natural disasters to better life today and in the future.

EarthSayers Lola Fatoyinbo-Agueh, Ph.D; Lennard Fisk, Ph.D; Gail Skofronick-Jackson, Ph.D

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