Weather and climate

Weather and climate

1. Weather and Climate

   • Depressions
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     • 1. Warm air rises over cold air
       • Rainfall
     • 2. low pressure
       • Clear dry weather
     • 3. Air forced upwards
       • strong winds
     • 4. Warm air condenses
       • Thunderstorms
     • synoptic chart
     • areas of low atmospheric pressure
   • Anticyclones
     • Areas of high atmospheric pressure
       • Air sinks
     • NO clouds or rain
     • Light winds
     • Summer
       • Dry, hot weather
     • Winter
       • clear skies
         • Cold, dry weather
       • Fog, mist
   • extreme weather
     • case studies
       • 2003 summer heatwave
       • 2007 summer floods
       • 2010 winter snow
       • 2006 london tornado
       • 2000 Autumn Storms
       • 2004 Boscastle floods

2. climate change

   • global temperatures are increasing
   • for
     • ICe caps melting
     • carbon dioxide levels
   • Against
     • Hard to get accurate data
   • international responses
     • kyoto protocol

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