Does the Senate really need to confirm 1,200 executive branch jobs? By Brad Plumer By Brad Plumer July 16, 2013 Follow @bradplumer The Senate has been bickering all day over how to confirm President Obama's nominees for various executive-branch positions.
The climate calculated by the GCM is used as input at the edges of the RCM for factors such as temperature and wind. RCMs can then resolve the local impacts given small scale information about orography (land height) and land use, giving weather and climate information at resolutions as fine as 50 or 25km.
Earth's global climate is an average of regional climates. The global climate has cooled and warmed throughout history. Today, we are seeing unusually rapid warming. The scientific consensus is that greenhouse gases, which are increasing because of human activities, are trapping heat in the atmosphere. Earth, Venus and Mars To better understand the formation and composition of Earth, scientists sometimes compare our planet with Venus and Mars.