Climate and climate change - Winter School on Impact of Climate Change on Indian Marine Fisheries held at CMFRI, Cochin 18.1.2008 to 7.2.2008

Abstract

Climate is determined by atmospheric circulation and by its interactions with the large-scale ocean currents and the land. To understand the climate of our planet and its variations, and to predict the changes of the climate brought by human activities, one cannot ignore these factors and components that determine the climate. Statistically significant variations of the mean state of the climate, typically persisting for decades or longer, are referred to as “climate change”.