The Emergence Machine

Climate

abstract · Earth Science · Level 6 · E9

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Each concept here is mapped to its prerequisites — the ideas you'd need first to understand it — all the way down to four foundations: Space, Time, Energy, Pattern. Click any prerequisite to drill down, or scroll for the chain graph.

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Emergence definition

Climate emerges from the long-term patterns of weather, which is the dynamic state of the atmosphere resulting from interactions between air, temperature, and geological processes, and time, which enables the measurement of extended periods.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “Climate” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Source: Wiktionary — “Climate”. Content available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Historical origin

Origin word
climate
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL6L5L4L3L2L1L0ClimateWeatherTemperatureAirPhysicsForceSubstanceActionMatterMotionEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

used byprerequisitesCarbon EmissionL7Carbon FootprintL7CirrocumulusL7CirrostratusL7CirrusL7ClimateL6TimeL0WeatherL5E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Time L0 (requires)
    Climate is measured over extended periods of time
  • Weather L5 (requires)
    Climate is the long-term pattern of weather

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