The extensive use of fracking in the US, where it has revolutionised the energy industry, has prompted environmental concerns. The first is that fracking uses huge amounts of water that must be transported to the fracking site, at significant environmental cost.
Weather is the state of the atmosphere, to the degree that it is hot or cold, wet or dry, calm or stormy, clear or cloudy. Most weather phenomena occur in the troposphere, just below the stratosphere. Weather refers to day-to-day temperature and precipitation activity, whereas climate is the term for the statistics of atmospheric conditions over longer periods of time.
Climate is the general trend of weather in a particular place. Even if the climate in a place is usually dry, the weather today might be rainy. Weather consists of short-term changes in the atmosphere such as within minutes to months. Climate consists of patterns of change in a longer period of time. Weather is a local event caused by temporary changes in clouds, wind, etc. Climate is a regional and usually long lasting event. Weather and climate are different by weather is the condition of the atmosphere at a specific time and place.