"Responding Climate Change"

         Climate change is a significant and lasting change in the statistical distribution of weather conditions or the distribution of events around that average . Climate change may be limited to a specific Region or may occur across the whole Earth.

         Climate changes in response to changes in the global energy balance. On the broadest scale, the rate at which energy is received from the sun and the rate at which it is lost to space determine the equilibrium temperature and climate of Earth. This energy is then distributed around the globe by winds, ocean currents, and other mechanisms to affect the climates of different regions.

          Climate change can also cause sickness to some people. It can cause skin diseases, colds, etc.