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Earth and climate.

Explore Earth’s structure, climate, and its changes through explanations, indicators, and authoritative scientific sources.

Knowledge base

Difference between a temperature and a reference for the same type of period.

Time interval used to construct a comparison baseline.

Earth’s outer layer in the classification by composition.

Region between the crust and core, composed mostly of solid rock.

Central metallic region with a liquid outer part and a solid inner part.

Mechanically rigid layer that includes the crust and part of the upper mantle.

Study of seismic waves and the information they provide about their sources and the media they travel through.

U.S. scientific agency that publishes observations and products about the ocean and atmosphere.

U.S. geological survey that publishes information and resources about Earth sciences.

European climate information service implemented by ECMWF within Copernicus.