Climate Science
Climate refers to the average meteorological conditions and patterns in a region over a long time period. These meteorological conditions include measurements such as temperature, precipitation, and wind. In other words, climate can be described as the 'average weather'. Although weather can change rapidly from day to day and can be difficult to predict, climate is much more predictable. For example, the weather where we live dictates what we wear each day, which can change dramatically from one day to the next. However, the climate influences the type of clothes we have in our closet, which is generally consistent from year to year (CCRC).
Climate science investigates the earth’s climate, incorporating many disciplines including meteorology, oceanography, physics, chemistry, ecosystem sciences, and more.
Text from the USDA Forest Service Climate Change Resource Center (CCRC)
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Dealing with high input costs or climate change? Why not do both?
When you work on climate change issues and agriculture, you never know what you’re going to get hit with when you go to…
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Understanding Soil Health and Watershed Function: A Teacher's Manual
By studying soil health principles, future farmers can learn to harness the power of biological work to help them…
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California's Changing Agroclimate Metrics
To provide information on contemporary climate conditions for California agriculture, scientists at the USDA California…
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Forecasts and Updates from the California State Climatologist
Forecast updates from the California State Climatologist
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Weathering the Change: Helping Farmers Help the Land through Climate Smart Farming
An 8-part educational series about climate change, how it is affecting agriculture in the U.S., and how producers can…
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Asombro Teacher Workshops: Climate Change in the Southwest
Asombro Institute workshops during Summer 2021 help teachers share current climate research with students
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Southwest and Southern Plains Air Quality and Production Agriculture Science and Applications Workshop
Since 2017, a group of Agricultural Research Service scientists, Natural Resources Conservation Service air quality…
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Landowner Forest Climate and Action Scorecards
Forest Climate and Action Scorecards are designed to help private landowners consider the climate change in the context…