GEOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Climate change refers to a statistically significant variation in either the mean state of the climate or in its variability, persisting for an extended period (typically decades or longer).

Detailed explanation-2: -Climate change refers to long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns. These shifts may be natural, such as through variations in the solar cycle. But since the 1800s, human activities have been the main driver of climate change, primarily due to burning fossil fuels like coal, oil and gas.

Detailed explanation-3: -Weather refers to short term atmospheric conditions while climate is the weather of a specific region averaged over a long period of time. Climate change refers to long-term changes.

Detailed explanation-4: -The terms “global warming” and “climate change” are sometimes used interchangeably, but “global warming” is only one aspect of climate change. “Global warming” refers to the long-term warming of the planet.

Detailed explanation-5: -Tropical. Dry. Temperate. Continental. Polar.