= Climate change
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<Climate change> is a persistent alteration of the <statistics> of a <planet>'s climate. External <radiative forcing>, internal variability and <climate feedbacks> all matter, and the timescale must be specified. A <climate model> connects mechanisms to observable changes; the <radiative-convective climate column> separates vertical <heat transfer> from whole-planet <conservation of energy>, while the <Hasselmann stochastic climate model> explains how fast weather can drive slow thermal variability.
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