A lot of people tend to confuse weather and climate as if to say they are the exact same thing. You might see people bring in a snowball from the outdoors and say “well, if this is here, clearly the Earth isn’t getting warmer.” However, this is flawed, ignorant logic to use for even the biggest climate change deniers. Climate is like a steady line that goes gradually up or down depending on the situation. Meanwhile, the weather is erratic and will go drastically up and down just because.
Weather Patterns [Image via IgorZh/Shutterstock]This is also why we still have seasons and why the further north or south you get, the colder it will eventually become. This is why humans tend to live in the median sections because temperatures and even weather patterns will be relatively normal. Think of it like a man walking a dog. The man will stay in a relatively normal line pattern while the dog walks all over and explores. Climate is the man and the dog is representative of the weather.