Secrets of World Climate Course - Introduction

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5NcKTFb3ck

Resumen

TLDRThis introduction to a video series explores Earth's unique climate and its profound impact on the environment and human society. Featuring the work of Wladimir Köppen, who founded modern climatology, it explains how climate, characterized by long-term patterns of rainfall and temperature, determines the geography of a region and the types of life it supports. The Köppen-Geiger climate classification is highlighted as a key system for understanding these patterns. The series aims to delve into each climate type, exploring how they shape our world and influence human activities.

Para llevar

  • 🌍 Earth is unique for sustaining life with its diverse climates.
  • 🌦️ Climate affects everyday weather and long-term environmental patterns.
  • 📜 Human history and society are deeply influenced by climate.
  • 🌱 Köppen's climate classification helps understand global climates.
  • 🏜️ Climate determines the geographical features and ecosystems of a region.
  • 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Climate has shaped human evolution and societal development.
  • 🌡️ Understanding climate is crucial for agriculture and food production.
  • 🏙️ The series will explore various climate types around the world.
  • 👗 Know what to expect and wear when traveling to different climates.
  • 🤝 Sharing climate knowledge helps in understanding our planet's dynamics.

Cronología

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    Planet Earth, our home, is a unique world in the universe known to support life, characterized by diverse weather patterns that raise many questions about climate. Climate is the long-term pattern of weather in a region, influencing its ecosystem, agriculture, and even human evolution. Wladimir Köppen, the founder of modern climatology, devised a system to classify climates into five broad categories based on vegetation, rainfall, and temperature patterns across regions. This classification was refined into the Köppen-Geiger system. This video series will explore each climate type, showcasing global examples and analyzing major cities' climates. Viewers are encouraged to engage with the series and support its production.

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Preguntas frecuentes

  • Who was Wladimir Köppen?

    Wladimir Köppen was the founder of modern climatology, known for creating the climate classification system.

  • What is the Köppen-Geiger climate classification system?

    It is a system that categorizes the world's climates based on vegetation, rainfall, and temperature distribution.

  • How does climate affect human life?

    Climate impacts agriculture, livestock, and has historically influenced the rise and fall of empires.

  • Why is the study of climate important?

    Understanding climate helps us know what crops can grow and how to adapt our lifestyles to different environments.

  • Why is Earth's climate unique?

    Earth is the only known planet with a climate suitable for sustaining life.

  • What will be covered in this series?

    The series will explore different climate types and how they affect various regions, cities, and human life.

  • Why should I be interested in this climate series?

    The series provides insights into how climate shapes environments, cultures, and planning for travel.

  • How has climate influenced human history?

    Climate has influenced agriculture, empires, and even human physical appearance.

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    Planet Earth.
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    Our home
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    Among all the worlds in the universe
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    it's the only one we know that harbours life.
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    A spinning globe of blue, green, gold and white.
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    A thing of beauty.
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    But for many of us, a thing of questions.
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    Many of these concern that thing which impacts us every day of our lives
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    the weather
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    In this global age, so many of us have travelled beyond our own borders
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    to lands that were hotter, colder, drier or wetter than our own.
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    Or perhaps we've even gone halfway around the world and yet experienced weather very similar to the country of our origin.
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    And perhaps some of us have asked the question, "Why is this so?"
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    Well all these questions have been answered and they all come under one subject...
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    That of climate.
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    Climate is defined as...
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    While in one region it might rain one day and be sunny the next or cool one week and hot the next
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    It's the long-term pattern of rainfall and temperature day after day
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    which will determine how that region will look
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    Whether it will become a desert
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    or support grasslands
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    or even forests in their many different forms.
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    And more importantly in our human-centered world
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    these patterns of moisture and temperature
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    will determine what crops can be grown
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    or what livestock can be supported to feed ourselves
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    It has shaped the rise and fall of Empires in history
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    And last but not least
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    climate has shaped
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    even the way we look
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    ourselves
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    as humans.
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    The secret code of our planet's various climates
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    was cracked long ago by the founder of modern climatology
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    Wladimir Köppen
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    He developed a system based around observation of vegetation in different parts of the world
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    and how the rainfall and temperature varied in these regions throughout the year
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    And he broke them down into five broad categories of climate
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    which roughly started at the equator
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    and moved out toward the poles
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    These run like this
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    With later refinements these broad categories were further subdivided
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    based upon distribution of rainfall and temperature through a full year
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    Together these give us the Köppen-Geiger climate classification system of today
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    In this series we're going to be looking at each of these different climate types
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    showing you real places in the world where they exist
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    why they are that way
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    and revealing the exact climate type that each and every major world city lies in
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    So if you want to know what to wear on your next holiday
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    or you really do want to learn more about our world
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    then this series is for you
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    Please click the like button, share it, with your friends and subscribe to this channel now
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    And if you're as passionate about this world as I am then please become a Patreon
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    to support the production of the series.
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    Thanks for watching this introduction
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    and I'll see you in the first of the climate videos
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    from the tropical rainforest.
Etiquetas
  • climate
  • Wladimir Köppen
  • Köppen-Geiger
  • earth
  • weather
  • environment
  • agriculture
  • human history