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climatologyBranch of atmospheric science concerned with describing climate and analyzing the causes and practical consequences of climatic differences and changes. Climatology treats the same atmospheric processes as meteorology, but it also seeks to identify slower-acting influences and longer-term changes, including the circulation of the oceans, the concentrations of atmospheric gases, and the small but measurable variations in the intensity of solar radiation. |
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He succeeded, in part, by stacking a Senate panel with climate science contrarians. That report laments, contrary to reason, "that inappropriate political interference [from the Bush administration] and media favoritism are compromising federal climate science. Indeed, much of the uncertainty that underlies the greenhouse debate arises, in part, from an incomplete understanding of atmospheric and climate science. |
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