Global Climate
Global climate is the term used to describe the sum total of all weather patterns formed over all parts of the planet. In contrast to the term weather, which applies to relatively short-term phenomena such as storms, global climate is used to describe patterns that extend over much longer periods of time, at least a few decades.
Global climatic zones
Ten distinct climatic zones exist on the planet: tropical, subtropical, arid, semi-arid, mediterranean, temperate, northern temperate, mountain, polar, and coastal. The specific designation of each climate zone depends on two major factors: the...
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