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. Though directly implicated in the rise or fall of some of the great civilizations of the past, climate had only an indirect effect on public affairs in medieval France. Its primary significance lay in the fact that it directly touched the lives of...

Global climate is the long-term pattern of temperature and precipitation on Earth's surface. Heat and water are unevenly distributed around the globe, and Earth has many climate zones (areas with a characteristic climate) and subclimates (areas...

Earth's climate has fluctuated over the course of several billion years. During that span, species have arisen, gone extinct, and been supplanted by others. Humankind and our immediate ancestral species have survived the sometimes drastic...

Climate is the general, cumulative pattern of regional or global weather patterns. The most apparent aspects of climate are trends in air temperature and humidity, wind, and precipitation. These observable phenomena occur as the atmosphere...

Climate is the average and variations of weather in a region over long periods of time. Climate zones can be defined using parameters such as temperature and rainfall. Paleoclimatology focuses on ancient climate information derived from sediment found...

Climates Written and directed Nuri Bilge Ceylon Zeitgeist, opens October 27, Film Forum Heavy Weather Intimate Turkish drama chronicles rocky relationship A terrific movie in the Antonioni tradition, Climates confirms 47-year-old Turkish director Nuri Bilge Ceylan as one of...

Given the refusal in Washington to seriously consider climate change as an issue, the legislation signed Thursday by Gov. John Baldacci setting reduction goals for carbon dioxide in Maine was a breath of fresh air. And though Maine should be pleased with its leadership...

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger praised Tony Blair for tackling climate change and said his own state could show the U.S. government that it can address environmental issues without damaging the economy.Schwarzenegger, who traveled to London on the outgoing prime minister's last full day in office...

States should develop creative approaches to climate change, just as they have with challenges such as health care, despite their different economic interests, governors said Saturday."No individual state is going to solve the climate change problem, but we can do our part," Minnesota Gov. Tim...