Orlando has the same climate type as Atlanta, New Orleans, Washington, D.C., - and as far north as New York City. Wladimir Köppen was a German botanist and climatologist who wanted to define ...

Regions of similar climate and dominant plant types are called biomes. This chapter describes some of the major terrestrial biomes in the world; tropical forests, savannas, deserts, temperate ...

Climate research currently has a wide range of new tools at its disposal. This has sparked a debate about the merits of each ...

Climate change may lead to more precipitation and more intense floods. A new study shows that to understand the details of this relationship, it is important to distinguish between different types of ...